Just to add to the *pot pourri* of suggestions... Xubuntu. Light & quick. I took a copy off a magazine cover a month or two ago to install a netbook. It has been just lying there in my bag since then, but yesterday I had occasion to use it. I ended up needing to do a job while travelling without a laptop. I just booted up a colleague's PC with my stick and it all ran beautifully. Net access, printer detection etc all just happend. For some reason all the web filtering that our IT department runs (to prevent anyone having fun at work) is ignored by Linux (but don't tell them please) ... anyway, it all felt so cool. Xubuntu on a stick is highly recommended.
- David
