Friends afraid of Linux?

[Micheal]

On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 10:10, Robin Laing wrote:
> Brian Chase wrote:
> > I've tried alot of distro's, and my favorite by far for desktop distro's 
> > for newbies would be Mepis Linux, check it out, it's like Knoppix, but 
> > even easier to install to hard drive and more GUI administration tools.
> 
> 
> I read a review this morning and this distro is supposed to install as 
> well if you wish to.
> 
> Dual boot is an option.  I don't have any use for Windows so I don't 
> think about it.
> 
> Anybody know of a Windows that runs on a CD/DVD just in case?
> 
> -- 
> Robin Laing

There is a really nice project out there called BartPE. It uses the
Windows PreInstallation Environment to run a semi-full version of
windows off of the CD/DVD.  Its not nearly as flexible as knoppix, but
worth looking into

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

MC