Platform-Specific Programming, Linux

Hacking Knoppix

Name: Hacking Knoppix
Author: Scott Granneman
ISBN: 9780764597848

by Scott Granneman

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Overview

• Knoppix is an innovative Linux distribution that does not require installation, making it ideal to use for a rescue system, demonstration purposes, or many other applications

• Shows hack-hungry fans how to fully customize Knoppix and Knoppix-based distributions

• Readers will learn to create two different Knoppix-based live CDs, one for children and one for Windows recovery

• Teaches readers to use Knoppix to work from a strange computer, rescue a Windows computer that won't boot, repair and recover data from other machines, and more

• Includes Knoppix Light 4.0 on a ready-to-use, bootable live CD

About the Author, Scott Granneman

Scott Granneman is an author, educator, and consultant. Scott’s book on the Firefox web browser, Don’t Click on the Blue E!: Switching to Firefox, has garnered wide praise. In addition, he is a monthly columnist for SecurityFocus and for Linux Magazine, and he blogs professionally on the Open Source Weblog. He is currently an adjunct professor at Washington University in St. Louis, where he teaches a variety of courses about technology, social software, and the Internet. Finally, as a co-owner of WebSanity, Scott helps nonprofits and businesses use the company’s Content Management System to take full advantage of the Web’s communication, sales, and service opportunities. He’s been using Linux for a decade, and swears by it.