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The output of the command lsb_release -da on Knoppix 7.6.1 contains "8.3" and "jessie". But /etc/debian_version says "stretch/sid". So I guess it is (still) kind of stable/unstable hybrid.
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I think the concrete task will be, mainly, to do a rather complete rewrite of the init - but as this is probably deeply integrated with systemd, this time it may be harder than just adapting...

They have clearly changed the persistence setup from the last major release (7.6), and I can't see what they are doing - if they even know it themselves. Any mention of "persistence" in init scripts...

FYI, I enclose the init of Debian 8.0.0. It makes heavy use of other scripts, and the large initrd.img size is mostly because of most of std Unix /bin, /sbin and quite a bit of /usr/lib is packed...

I have just started working on a poor man's install of Debian 8.0.0 live - The 7.6.0 version has been my daily OS for the last 6 months, only occasionally using Knoppix.
I have used it almost...