Kanotix

Kanotix, also referred to as KANOTIX, is an operating system based on Debian, with advanced hardware detection. It can run from an optical disc drive or other media i.e. USB-stick without using a hard disk drive.

Key facts

OS.name: Kanotix
OS.screenshot: Kanotix-hellfire.png
OS.caption: Kanotix-Hellfire-Live-screenshot
OS.developer: Jörg Schirottke (Aka. Kano)
OS.family: Linux (Unix-like)
OS.source_model: Open-source
OS.working_state: Current
OS.latest_release_version: Kanotix-Slowfire 2024
OS.latest_preview_version: Kanotix-Towelfire 2025
OS.kernel_type: Monolithic
OS.ui: KDE Plasma Desktop, LXDE
OS.license: mostly DFSG, non-free firmware

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Wikidata facts

Official website: kanotix.com
Image: Kanotix-hellfire.png

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Commons category: Kanotix
user manual URL: www.kanotix.org/index.php?module=pnWikka&tag=CategoryContributedEn
official blog URL: kanotix.com/module-News.html

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Contents

Content
Usage
Live mode
Installation
Versions
History (2003–2006)
Versions based on Debian stable (2007–current)
Kanotix-Thorhammer-Release 2007
Kanotix-Excalibur-2010
Kanotix-Hellfire-2011-2012
Kanotix-Dragonfire-2012-2014
Kanotix-Spitfire-2014-2016
Kanotix-Steelfire-2017-2019
Kanotix-Silverfire-2019-2020
Kanotix-Slowfire-2024
Kanotix-Towelfire-2025
Release timeline
See also
References
External links

Kanotix uses KDE Software Compilation as the default desktop environment. Since 2013 the newer releases ship with LXDE as a second lightweight desktop environment. Unlike other similar Linux-distributions Kanotix is a rolling release. Nightly builds are automated builds every night of the latest development code of KANOTIX and with the latest packages from the repositories. The name "Kanotix" is derived from the founder's nickname "Kano". Kanotix's mascot is a fangtooth.