Can’t find the perfect gift for someone special this holiday? Give them the gift of software freedom:

Download the free GNU Knoppix and burn some yuletide cheer!  The Communiqué is proud to offer the English edition ISO image of Knoppix 3.3 (2003-11-19), and as an added special bonus download a ready-made CD label in PDF for the 8694 format from Avery-Print (or you can do your own)

Knoppix 3.3 is a fully-functioning multimedia Debian-based GNU/Linux bootable filesystem on CD featuring:

• Linux-Kernel 2.4.22
• KDE V3.1 with K Office and the Konqueror browser
• X Multimedia System (xmms) for MPEG-video, MP3 and Ogg Vorbis
• Internet connection via kppp, pppoeconf (DSL) and isdn-config
• Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 1.2
• Utilities for data recovery and system repairs, even for other operating systems
• Network and security analysis tools
• OpenOffice™ 1.1 office suite
• many programming languages, RAD tools and libraries
• over 900 packages with over 2000 programs, utilities, and games

In short, a complete GNU desktop demo that runs direct from the CD without disk partitioning or installation. They just insert the disk, reboot and enjoy!

note: other localized editions are available at The Knoppix Homepage where you can also download by BitTorrent.

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