Quote Originally Posted by alberto.orlandini
But if I modify a file in my home directory, will it take effect? I thought all the files in the home directory were copied from /etc/skel by a script during the boot...
Yes, something like that. I don't know the specifics as I havn't done any remastering for some time.

Knoppix 4.0.2 CD seems to have file /etc/skel/.kde/share/config/kickerrc, so perhaps that is the file you want.