Hi

an overview:
someone who doesn't know anything about Linux inserts a cd into a computer. After linux has loaded, a web browser (preferred firefox) opens a specific webpage.

So I need:
-a Live CD, that requirres the least amount of clicking(choices) to start up
-does not need any extra programs
-connects automatically to internet(ethernet)
-would work with wide variety of computers(mostly laptops)

as I understand, I need to add the firefox to startup session. Than somehow reburn the changes to the liveCD, or make a new .iso and make from it a new liveCD. The CD has to work with different computers, so I can't save the changes to the computer, which would load the next boot.

Which distro would work the best in most computers and with minimal number of actions to start up?

Knoppix does just about everything you need by default.

It's a liveCD/DVD (Just press enter at boot prompt and it boots automatically all the way to desktop)
It auto configures everything and is known for its hardware/network support
Includes tons of programs; especially the liveDVD versions
It automatically opens Konqueror(similar to firefox) on startup.

The only thing is that when it opens up Konqueror, it loads local Knoppix page. You would have to edit the iso to get it to load another homepage. To do this, edit/add a script in ~/.kde/Autostart.

If you want something fast, try DamnSmallLinux or Puppy linux, they are not as pretty as knoppix but will load much faster. I know DSL has firefox, I think Pup does too.

Knoppix was suggested - that's fine if you never plan to install to HD (Klaus Knopper only ever intended it to be a LiveCD).

Ubuntu/Kubuntu would also be fine, as would Puppy and any number of others.

Come to think of it, I don't know of any LiveCD distro that wouldn't be suitable.

To make the modifications that you need, unpack the contents of the *.iso into its own directory, then edit the Autostart items, browser default page, etc as you please. If you need any boot customizations, you may need to unpack the 'initrd' to edit files in it. After that, you just create an *.iso image again and burn it.

Knoppix is not bad .The fedora 8 or 9 live may or may not work correctly depending on your hardware .

Thank you for your suggestions.

But if I open an iso file and modify it, and than make from it a new iso, is the LiveCD automatically bootable or not? Or should I use a special program that can make it bootable?