Quote Originally Posted by Cuddles
*** Can Kanotix support my "current" Knoppix home partition?
But of course.

Last thought, doesnt Kanotix require downloading the "sources" from the Linux kernel site? And does it "also" require a "patch" from Kanotix to make it "Kanotix", or am I just not thinking straight here????
Well if you need to build something again the kernel source then yes you're absolutely right so guess what? There is a script that not only downloads the source but also patches it. The script works on any of Kano's kernels so it's never even an issue. You can of course install a kernel from debian if you'd rather or (my preference) just build your own. You do not need to patch your kernel source with the same patches that the Kanotix kernel uses if you want to build your own custom kernel. It is exactly like Debian in this regard. This has been one of my points all along.

The other point is the ability to do a dist-upgrade without problems. Usually any upgrade probs are easily fixed w/ a simple --force-overwrite or somesuch. It is not an 'ungoofable' situation. If you like simply ask in #kanotix before upgrading. Truth be told, most SID users upgrade daily. I do!