Quote Originally Posted by paul23
...Also -as knoppix sparkled my interest-Can anybody explain the actual difference between knoppix (os), adriane, konqueror & gnome (latter 2 are 2 variations to do the "same" thing if I'm correct?)
Knoppix is a Live Linux CD, it includes the Linux OS as well as many applications.

Adriane is another project from Klause, the primary author of Knoppix. It brings speach to a Live CD for the visually impaired.

konquror is a browser (like Firefox, Opera, and even IE). It generally is used as part of KDE, one of several GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces) that are available for Linux users. (and to add to the confusion, the GUI runs on top of X).

gnome is another GUI for Linux. It is considered less resource intensive than KDE. Gnome was included as an option in some early releases of Knoppix but, as far as I know, has been removed from current releases (or at least from CD releases).