I can't imagine why I didn't do this sooner than I did
Knoppix/Debian is great

I know why I did not do it sooner.
I had looked at a number of differant OS thinking that I could find something better then windows.
I was always afraid to try them because I know things can go wrong when installing a new OS (window).

Even when it was just going from one M$ OS to another M$ OS it would not always go as smooth as I thought it should have.

When I found Knoppix and read you could run it live from the CD that did it for me.

Never thought you could run a OS live like that.

It gave me a chance to try it out befor doing a HD install. It gave me a change to ask question on the forum and learn a few things befor doing a HD install.

I just did the HD install yesterday and it is even better then running it from the live CD.
Even faster from the HD and now I can store files to my HD too

I do still have winXP running on one of my computer, but that is preaty much for the other family members.
That may change someday too