I recently aquired a copy of Knoppix 3.3 from a friend of mine. I'm wanting other sources that can tell methat it won't do anything to my computer. If anyone would be able to answer any of the questions, It would be *greatly* appreciated.

--> Will it leave anything in my hard drive?
--> What happens if I say 'No' to the swap thing at the beginning?
--> Is there anything someone new to Knoppix could to do mess up anything on the regular computer?
--> Can 'Wine' run programs like MSN Mess, AIM, and KaZaA?
--> What happens to files that I save, on programs like the GIMP? Are they saved to the disc, or what?
--> My friend downloaded MSN 7.0 for Linux apparently.. does it exist?
--> What all does Gaim run? I heard it was like MSN..? Can it run Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, etc?
--> How would my friend install MSN 7.0 when he runs his Knoppix from a disc? Where would it be installed?
--> Is there a chance that it will overwrite my XP?
--> Will it run with XP Home? I've seen it run with Professional..
--> What is this 'Terminal' thing? Is it kinda like Run > cmd on Windows?

I guess that the main question would be 'Is it safe?" so.. if anyone could answer some of my questions, or share anything about Knoppix with me, I'd be eternally greatful.