The term hacking has a bad reputation in the press. They use it to refer to someone who breaks into systems or wreaks havoc with computers as their weapon. Among people who write code, though, the term hack refers to a “quick-and-dirty” solution to a problem, or a clever way to get something done. And the term hacker is taken very much as a compliment, referring to someone as being creative, having the technical chops to get things done. The Hacks series is an attempt to reclaim the word, document the good ways people are hacking, and pass the hacker ethic of creative participation on to the uninitiated. Seeing how others approach systems and problems is often the quickest way to learn about a new technology. Knoppix Hacks provides the hacker with an excellent multi-purpose tool for all of their hacking needs. The sheer flexibility of Knoppix means the clever hacker can get all of her work done with a single CD. Rescue CDs often bring out the hacker in people since you must often find clever ways to get a system functional again or recover lost data. Knoppix gives you all the repair tools you need as you go from plan A to plan Z, and Knoppix Hacks shows you how to use those tools in ways you may never have considered.