excuse me for my noobyness forrester, but if I were to apply those patches, do I need to use the commands described here:http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/appy-pa...patch-command/ ? (I have never used a patch before)

I really like things like this getting released. It'll keep knoppix a bit more 'alive' and makes knoppix even more usable.
now we just need to get klaus knopper's attention to this thread.
He should really implement the knoppix_data, knoppixsh and mountbypath while considering moving to squashfs?