Looking for an easy way to get friends to experience Linux? Download and burn two copies of the Knoppix ISO. Give one away and keep the other as a recovery tool. Knoppix runs entirely from CDROM and will give you access to disk partitions. Knoppix comes with loads of the latest Linux software such as KDE3, OpenOffice and useful tools like Etherreal. It's excellent at hardware recognition (Belkin wireless works great) and I've successfully booted directly from CD on several different desktop and laptop systems. Each time I successfully leased proper IP addresses on a KNOPPIX configured ethernet interface. Give it a try and give a copy to a friend.
Jeff Leinen
