Hi Fabian,

> with the start of knoppix-autoconfig all user-tools are already avaialbe from CD.

That's even better than I hoped!

> The initial penguin cannot be hidden without recompiling the kernel

But the initial kernel messagges can be sent to console=/dev/tty2

> (How can I display a picture/animation on shutdown?) I think it needs to be in rc0|6.d after alle processes were sent the term/kill signal ...

That's a great idea, start it *after* the processes got the signal... I will try that out.

Do you see any way to use a picture for "It is now safe to turn off your computer"?

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probono