Can you add AshfieldK to your ping? He's my hubby, it'll be okay with him. He always manages to miss out on the tech threads.
Well, I've finally downloaded Knoppix, but it's a no-go. I get a black screen with lots of multi colored small text, telling me that various things are going on, and after about 30 seconds the screen starts tearing. It looks like you started fast forwarding a video tape. A couple of seconds later a woman's prerecorded voice says "initiating startup sequence". There's activity lights on the CD and HD, but after a few minutes they stop, but the picture tearing remains. Obviously if there's something I need to do I can't see it.
In mid February I ordered Ubuntu, and it's still a no-show. So much for my forays with Linux so far....