Yea, I have used the Knoppix live CD to repair, where you usually can 
access the internet, but trying to access another computer running 
Windows in particular required more command line work. These 2 computers 
communicate fine XP to XP. Otherwise I have no complaints with the live 
CD's. good learning tool, but I'm not concerned with the GUI, it's close 
enough to windows to not be an issue. I need the 2 computers networked 
together, so if one is busy with one thing like recording an LP record 
to harddisc, I can be processing another file and burn the CD. Same 
would go for recording TV, and editing before burning.

David VanHorn wrote:
>> P.S. If your computer is screaming fast and you have
>> tons of ram, you might try installing VMWare server or
>> player and try Linux virtually for a while.
> 
> Ubuntu disks will allow you to use linux without actually installing it.
> It's not as fast as the installed version, but it's very good.
> You can even use ubuntu while ubuntu is installing itself!
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