Revision as of 23:32, 23 October 2005

These are the steps I use to customize my Knoppix 4.0.2 environment.

Persistent Disk Image (PDI)

A persistent disk image allows me to customize Knoppix without having to remaster the CD. With a generic Knoppix CD and a PDI, I can take my environment to just about any computer.

Create a persistent disk image either from the GUI or the command line

• From within KDE

K > KNOPPIX > Configure > Create persistent KNOPPIX image

• command line

knoppix-mkimage

I prefer an image size of 500 MB, which is just large enough for a significant amount of software updates yet small enough to fit on a USB thumb drive. Once you create the image, reboot and specify the image at the boot prompt. Assuming the knoppix.img is at /mnt/sda1/, then:

boot: knoppix home=/mnt/sda1/knoppix.img

Install Microsoft's True Type fonts

Installing Microsoft's True Type fonts using apt-get at the command line

apt-get install msttcorefonts

Customizing the tool bar

Mozilla Firefox

Firefox uses the globe icon instead of the icon with the firefox. I like to change the icon to the Firefox icon.

• right click the Firefox icon in the toolbar
• click on Properties
• click on the icon
• in the search box, type "fire"
• double-click on the FireFox icon
• click OK

Customizing the K menu