[TriLUG] custom knoppix

[hulett819 at mailcan.com]

Isn't this what morphix (http://www.morphix.org/) was made for?  Easily 
modified knoppix, last I read through their docs.

--Thomas

gregbrown at mindspring.com writes:

> Has anyone created a custom knoppix ISO?  I read the how-to webpage some
> time ago, but I am curious what anyone's actual experiences were.  I would
> like to create a Knoppix that boots and automatically launches Firefox
> (already configured with as many plug-ins as possible) and that's ALL I
> want on the ISO.
> 
> The idea is I can send a CD to my parents (maybe even a mini-cd?) that
> they can pop into their home PC, boot up, and proceed to join the world of
> on-line eCommerce.  They use M$, and steadfastly refuse to move off that
> platform for their daily use, but I have finally installed enough fear
> into them that they want an alternative when purchasing items on-line. 
> Other then a Linux laptop, which is too expensive, the only other
> alternative I could come up with was Knoppix, which is too technically
> complicated for them in it's stock form (if it's not simple and doesn't
> work easily the first time they won't use it).  
> 
> So, in the end, absolute nirvana would be the following:
> 
> 1. boot knoppix with iptables running and blocking ALL inbound traffic with SYN flag 
> 2. knoppix boots and brings up Knoppix -> the home page has a big button that says "REBOOT"
> 3. parents could merrily surf away and, when done, click the "home" icon
> 4. start page comes back up with the "REBOOT" button
> 5. parents click REBOOT button which runs "init 6" in the background
> 6. PC barfs out the Knoppix CD, parents rejoin the M$ world
> 
> Is the "REBOOT" button possible?  Does something like this already exist?
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
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