Quote Originally Posted by pureone
do i have to download these things from the klik site (not the client) like for example i want to download gaim can i go to gaims sites and install it from there using klik?


about installing kanotix. is there any documentation on it other thing then there german forum?
klik takes care of everything for you, just find the program you want to install on the klik site and klik on it, then klik itself will download a "recipe" which will get the files you need. Usually these files come from debian, but something like skype will come from skype themselves and the ooo2 preview xmas present from probono comes as a straight 100M one file download from klik. You don't need to worry about any of this though, just click on the application in the klik site.

As for installing kanotix, it's quite simple and similar to the knoppix installer (NOT identical, similar). Prepare up 2G+ of free space on your hard disk and run "sudo kanotix-installer-latest-web" (once you have anet connection, this will ensure you use the latest version of the installer, it's a tiny download). The main advice for kanotix is to ALWAYS use the debian type install, too many people get confused and unexpected results with the other options and the people in the kanotix channel know the debian type install very well!