I am totally excited by what everyone is saying. I have been following Linux for some time and when I read about Knoppix.net at DemocraticUnderground I came here.

If Knoppix is so user friendly it will spread like wildfire, especially as people have broadband and can work off a CD.

The big deal is the 2.6 kernel. If someone would tell me that the download site is running 2.6 I will be off. This computer is MicroSoft but for sure, this is the last one before joining the Linux movement.

There is another issue that seems not to get much mention. It has do with using a USB harddrive. Let us say that I get the 2.6 kernel of Knoppix and want to use it as a primary system. Could I just add a hard drive or a USB hard drive instead of wiping out MicroSoft?

I am not just asking this for myself. I have read more than most newbies and think these are questions that should be answered on a download paage or in a recent thread like this one.

Thanks guys. I will be here in and out. I will be a good recruiter for the cause.

There is a long thread at Slashdot on the launch of Linux 2.6 dated December 17th- http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...id=185&tid=190