I was thinking the same thing as this thread. I'm a windows user that has been playing around with ubuntu for a couple of months. There is the section for Windows and new users:
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/forums/...s-New-to-Linux

but still as a user new to Knoppix, it is pretty rugged going. I have a good reason to be here on the Knoppix forum, because of issues with ubuntu 11.10 on my desktop. So far, I've only managed to install one application out of the set that I've been using on ubuntu (Keepnote) and that was with lots of help. Oh, not counting GIMP, that started fine.

Part of the problem may be that I'm running 6.7 CD rather than 6.7.1 DVD, I'm not sure.

Firefox 8 or Iceweasel
Thunderbird 8 or alternative
Openshot
Keepnote
SpiderOak

For very common software that is not immediately included, the commands to install would help.

Here is what we went through with Firefox and Keepnote - have keepnote working (with lots of help), still working on getting Firefox or Iceweasel to run.

KeepNote and some Firefox
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/threads...alled-KeepNote

Firefox or Iceweasel - still working on this
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/threads...Knoppix-6.7-CD

Knoppix seems like a great OS, but can be tough going for beginners and I'm not sure why.