Clean installation without any 'knoppix stuff' remaining?

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I have updated everything with 'apt-get' and have only unstable Apt repositories in my sources.list - but still there's some 'knoppix stuff' left:

root@abc:~# dpkg -l | grep -i knopp
ii ash-knoppix 0.2-4 A smaller version of the Bourne shell enhanc
ii captive-ntfs-k 0.5-1 knoppix menu item for calling the captive-nt
ii configure-xawt 0.1-6 pre-configures xawtv for use with knoppix
ii ddcxinfo-knopp 0.6-5 Monitor/Graphics card DDC hardware detection
ii etcskel-knoppi 0.6-26 Skeleton files for all user
ii hotplug-knoppi 0.5-7 hotplug handler for KNOPPIX
ii hwdata-knoppix 0.101-3 hardware identification / configuration data
ii kdelock-knoppi 0.5-1 Replaces the kdesktop_lock with non-locking
ii knoppix-bookma 0.5-2 Bookmark file templates for KNOPPIX
ii knoppix-custom 0.07-2 change boot options and files of a KNOPPIX i
ii knoppix-graphi 3.4-2 The background wallpaper and ksplash graphic
ii knoppix-menu 0.5-2 Menu structure and icons for the KDE/GNOME K
ii knoppix-remoun 0.5-2 Minimalistic script for r/w remount of parti
ii knoppix-sounds 0.5-1 2 of the Space Sounds taken from the Mandrak
ii knoppix-termin 0.5-18 Starts all services necessary to boot KNOPPI
ii knx-alsa 0.1-7 brings alsa to knoppix
ii knx-installer 0.3-3 installs knoppix to hd
ii kudzu-knoppix 1.1.3-3 The Red Hat Linux hardware probing tool.
ii kudzu-knoppix- 1.1.3-3 Hardware detecting library
ii kudzu-knoppix- 1.1.3-3 Hardware detecting library
ii linux-wlan-ng- knoppix+0.2.0- drivers for wireless prism2 cards
ii mkpersistentho 0.5-5 Shell GUI for generation of a KNOPPIX persis
ii rebuildfstab-k 0.5-6 fstab-rebuilder for KNOPPIX
ii restartx-knopp 0.5-2 Shell GUI for restarting KNOPPIX desktop
ii sambastart-kno 0.1-3 adds an sambastartup script to knoppix
ii saveconfig-kno 0.5-12 Shell GUI for generation of a KNOPPIX config
ii scanpartitions 0.5-5 fstab-helper for KNOPPIX
ii sshstart-knopp 0.5-2 Starts SSH and sets a password for the knopp
ii sudoers-knoppi 0.5-1 /etc/sudoers for the knoppix user
ii syslinux-knopp 2.04-1 Bootloader for Linux/i386 using MS-DOS flopp
ii sysvinit 2.84-176 System-V like init with KNOPPIX scripts.
hc sysvinit-knopp 2.84-1 System-V like init with KNOPPIX scripts.
ii user-profile-k 0.6-26 Skeleton files for the KNOPPIX default user
ii usleep-knoppix 0.5-1 sleeps for a number of microseconds, see man
ii xsession-inits 0.5-11 Starts X-Window system from INIT on KNOPPIX
ii xsession-knopp 0.5-48 Automatic Xsession startup script for KNOPPI
root@abc:~#

Is it possible to replace these with genuine Debian packages? How to do that?

I'm satisfied with my Knoppix but some of my Debian friends don't think that Knoppix hd-install would ever be compared with pure Debian install. What do you think?

[m_yates]

You can remove/replace just about anything you want using apt-get. I have installed Knoppix on several machines and I usually remove knoppix-graphics and knoppix-sounds. I stick to standard KDE graphics. I also replace the cursor (pointer) graphics using one downloaded from www.kde-look.org. You can also edit the file: /etc/motd It is the "message of the day" that says something like "Welcome to Knoppix 2.4.24" I usually change it to read "Welcome to Linux".

I also usually change sysvinit to the standard one as well. You have to be careful with that one becasue some key packages depend on it. I have written how I did it here: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...light=sysvinit

The other packages can be removed/replaced if you want, but it doesn't hurt anything. Some are very useful, like the "netcardconfig" script which is not a part of regular Debian.

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I also usually change sysvinit to the standard one as well. You have to be careful with that one becasue some key packages depend on it. I have written how I did it here: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...light=sysvinit.

Thank you. I tried to change sysvinit but the package (from unstable) contains some bugs at this time. I installed it anyhow.

So I have the new sysvinit package but something is not right because X and KDE doesn't start as a user (I can run WMaker as a root).

I tried 'apt-get dist-upgrade' again and nothing is to be installed. I think there's no fatal error but some tuning is to be done