I've noticed there are quite a lot of people who find knoppix easy to boot up but since they've had no previous exposure to linux, find the underlying system frustrating or confusing.

For those wanting to learn more about the linux basics there's an online course (free) at Basiclinux that looks very interesting and thorough. Apparently it take about 2 months to complete and has a mailing list + weekly IRC as additional support.

The next term begins Monday, 7 July 2003. Registration for that class closes Saturday, 5 July 2003. So if you've wanted to find a way of digging a little further, this is probably a good way to do it.

Note: Outlook has been banned from the mailing list - so it's the perfect opportunity to boot up Knoppix or Morphix and try out their email programs

Here's the link to the site and what you need to do to register :-

http://basiclinux.net/