Quote Originally Posted by fourtrackmind
Thanks for the reply, Stephen.

Which 'leftovers' are there in a knoppix HD install and generally what kind of problems would they cause?

Also, being completely new to a working Linux system, how difficult would it be to configure the packages you mentioned?

Thanks in advance.
There is the sysvinit which will never be updated unless you go out of your way and jump through a couple of hoops to do it. Some knoppix specific scripts like the ALSA hack for sound from the CD things like that. Your best bet really is to install Knoppix and get a feel for how things work on a Debian system if you screw the system up then it is a quick reinstall and you have a working system again. Then once the new Sarge installer comes out you will have some experience, know what you need in terms of programs that you are using daily things like that and you can move on to a Debian install if you want, without all the extra packages that you will never use being installed like there is in Knoppix.