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Kurumin Linux is a LiveCD Linux distribution based on Debian via Knoppix and Kanotix. Its main features are the advanced hardware auto-detection (inherited from Knoppix), Brazilian Portuguese language and content and ease of use. The first releases of Kurumin were small enough to fit on a mini-CD, but that goal was abandoned with the release of Kurumin 4.0, when larger packages such as OpenOffice.org and a Java Virtual Machine were included. As of release 6.0, the size of the disk image is about 508MB. A lite version, about 182MB, is also available. Kurumin 7.0 beta 6 weighs in at approximately 603MB. According to [http://distrowatch.com/ DistroWatch], Kurumin is the most popular Linux distribution in Brazil and is used by Brazilian Government.
As of September 2006, the current version is 6.1.
The distribution features a proprietary control center named ClicaAki (roughly: "ClickHere"), which can be used to transfer control to a series of "magic icons" which install software not included in the live CD (including games and nVidia and ATI video drivers) and configure a wide range of networking options. It also provides access to the Synaptic package manager.
Kurumin comes from the Tupi word "kurumi", which means boy. The usage of the letter K, instead of the usual Portuguese spelling ("curumi" or "curumim", brings it in line with KDE (Kurumin's default desktop environment) and with Knoppix.
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