6.2.1 is an update version of 6.0. This is the DVD version of Knoppix 6.2 featuring a full list of Internet, Office (including OpenOffice.org), Multimedia, Graphics applications, and games .It is based on Microknoppix, which is a complete rewrite from scratch.

"Microknoppix" is a complete rewrite of the KNOPPIX boot system from version 60 and up, with the following features:

• High compatibility with its Debian base: Aside from configuration files, nothing gets changed in Debians standard installation.
• Accellerated boot procedure: Independently from the usual SysV bootscripts, multiple tasks of system initialization are run in parallel, so that interactive desktops are reached very fast.
• LXDE is used as graphical environment, which is a very slim and fast desktop with extremely short starttime and low resource requirements. Because of its GTK2 base, LXDE works together nicely with screenreader Orca.
• Amount of installed software has been greatly reduced in this first CD-version, so that custom remasters based on CD are possible again. On the DVD edition, KDE4 and Gnome with many applications originating from these popular desktops are available.
• Network configuration is being handled by NetworkManager with nm-applet in graphics mode, and textual GUIs in textmode (compatible to Debians /etc/network/interfaces specification).
• A persistent image for saving personal settings and additionally installed programs, KNOPPIX/knoppix-data.img, is supported on the boot device, optionally encrypted with AES/256bit. In general, installation as live system on flash disk is recommended.

The current version has been completely updated from Debian/"Lenny", "Testing" and "Unstable", and uses Kernel 2.6.32.6, xorg 7.5 for supporting currentmost computer hardware.

A.D.R.I.A.N.E. (Audio Desktop Reference Implementation And Networking Environment) is a talking menu system, which is supposed to make work and internet access easier for computer beginners, even if they have no sight contact to the computers monitor. A graphical environment with also talking programs and arbitrary magnification using compiz-fusion, is another option.

The current version 6.2 has been completely updated from Debian/"Lenny", "Testing" and "Unstable", and uses Kernel 2.6.31.6, xorg 7.4 for supporting currentmost computer hardware.

Boot options and controls

Overview of the most important functions. A complete description and listing of shortcuts can be found in the configurations of sbl, orca and compiz-fusion.

adriane     Start ADRIANE with speech (default)

knoppix     Start KNOPPIX with graphical environment

knoppix/adriane acpi=off noapic nolapic pci=bios ...
            problem solvers, if computer doesn't start

CapsLock + space              read current line
CapsLock + arrow up           read previous line
CapsLock + arrow down         read next line
CapsLock + pageup             read from beginning of page to current position
CapsLock + pagedown           read from here to end of page
CapsLock + arrow left/right   spell charwise

Super + mouse wheel                 Set/scale magnification
Super + l                           Lock or release magnification area
Super + m                           small mouse lens
mouse to upper right corner         window overview
CapsLock + space                    start orca preferences

Super = penguin- or "window"-key left