I dont know if this is where this message belongs but I think it is.
The only question that I have is that I was told about a Linux program that does not require to be installed. One that you can just boot off the cd, the name of the program that I was told was either Novex std or Novel std. I have been searching the web for a week and cannot seem to find it.
If anyone knows where to get it, or if it exists and is a decent version please reply. Also if you know of one that is better or another Linux version that is cd bootable please reply.

Thanks for your time
Dark_Munk

Give Knoppix a try. You can find it at http://www.knoppix.org/

Probably Knoppix STD.

There's also Knoppix , plus mepis, morphix, DSL, Slax, and probably others.

If you go to www.distrowatch.com you will see the biggest (as far as I know) list of distributions - including live cds.

Besides Knoppix, there is another distro that is very good at recognizing hardware and is great for Noobies: Mepis . You should definitely check out Mepis! I have not tried the current beta version but the 2003.10 version is my real favorite.

The only thing I miss from it is ISDN support (and that is the only reason that I have Knoppix installed on my other network box that gives my Mepis machine web access). But if you don't use ISDN to get online then give it a try!! It also installs to the hard drive very easily in case you get convinced that it is worth keeping.

-- Dr.U