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				parabolize said:Many Debian based distros have easy installers (Ubuntu, Mepis, knoppix...) 
			
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 I can't in good conscience call knoppix an install.  I'm sorry, I just can't.  I burned a knoppix disc - it "installs" by booting from the CD.  When I'm done working with Linux for the day, I remove the CD from the drive, and reboot.  About the only changes made to my machine are the ones I specifically told it to make.  Knoppix runs from the CD; it doesn't really install to your machine.  Quite the useful tool for your toolbox - almost no virus can touch a CD (espcecially if it isn't in a CD burner drive....) very little can attack linux anyway, and a virus that is on your windows system is unlikely to be able to deal with a linux boot.  Very useful for cleaning up a system (provided, of course, that knoppix can write to it's hard drive format)