Thanks everyone for the suggestions!

I've used some liveCDs and complete installations of Linux before, I think the last one I used was called Knoppix. While I admit that it worked great on the hardware it was running and had a lot of stuff included, I'm trying to stick with OSs that I can point the user to a store or help desk and say "Stop calling me!"

I know that a lot of the 'people bugging me with questions' is brought on by me offering to help, its a fine line to walk. On one hand, I hate to see people struggling with PII machines on Win 98 that can't afford to buy something new, or toss their old computer out in the trash with everything someone needs to open up a new credit card in their name, but as soon as you help someone like this, they latch on, and then I'm tech support. So, as a habit, I try to put on Operating systems/applications where if the user has trouble, they can call their kids/brother/sister/friend from work and get tech support rather than calling me, and I don't think I can do that with Linux, yet.

That, and people get real mad all of the sudden when their "New" computer can't run Itunes and Kazaa, cus thats all they wanted it for anyway....ugh. I think I enjoy the punishment I get myself into.