I am very new to linux systems, and wanted to try it out, so some1 told me about knoppix. very nicee. I am running it at the minute, but it is in german for some reason. how can i change it to english? everything is in german, the start menu, help files, etc, all of it. how do i change it to english?

Also, where should i go from here? i would like to run linux of some kind on this computer, so what should i get? i have downloaded debian and tried installing it, but it is very hard and i dont understand what i am doing. so which permanent linux should i use? hopefully something like knoppix! thanks!