since useing damn small linux, i been trying to find a good small USB friendly OS. slax and puppy are great for some people, just didn't work for me. knoppix is the most all around computer friendly i've found so far. DSL is also too outdated and difficult to use. what im looking to do is get a bareboned bootable user friendly knoppix customized with programs i use daily. is there a list of "safe" packages i can delete without compromising the backbone of knoppix? if i can get a foundation to build on i think i can maanage the rest.

im trying to build on knoppix 6 released in feb 2009 and already deleted everything with openoffice in the name, saving around 300 MB's already. anyone have any advice?