“Better late than never: Klaus Knopper, the maker of Knoppix,
has released version 5.1.0 of his Linux distribution that runs from
CD or DVD. In addition to regular updates and the usual bug fixes,
this latest version of Knoppix also contains a few genuine
innovations. The new version is based on Debian etch/testing as the
base distribution and kernel 2.6.19(.1) with fuse 2.6.1. For
reasons of stability and performance, unionfs, the file system used
up until now, has made way for aufs (‘another unionfs’); the author
also says that NTFS-3G allows for writing onto NTFS partitions
almost without restrictions. OpenOffice 2.1 and KDE 3.5.5 are also
used, with the rudimentary integration of beryl and emerald
providing the first few fancy effects…”