[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Why the disdain for redhat?

In addition to Ubuntu(mint is an offshoot of ubuntu IIRC) there’s also live cd offerings from suse.

Many smaller distros offer live cds as well, such as sabayon.(which is tailored towards gamers)

Good luck with your portable.

[pctech]

Red Hat seems to have outgrown it's once "free distro with no strings attached" image. I could be mistaken but last I heard you have to pay for support now.

Everyone seems like Ubuntu/Kubuntu and a few others, so I hope to be to try one of those, or Fedora 12 of course, soon.