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Linux boot cd for windows?

I have users in my office who regularly screw up windows xp/vista laptops, despite having anti-virus, service packs etc. installed. I am at my wit’s end – solving their issues again and again. But, I have an idea. What if I use a linux boot cd/live distro to boot up their conked off windows laptops – during an emergency ! I will be really thankful if someone can suggest an excellent linux live distro or boot disk ! Please remember – my users must be able to open their ms-office documents (word, excel,ppt) at least for viewing or running them. Is there any linux distro which resembles windows desktop with capability to read ms-office documents too ? Thanks a ton !!
Thanks a lot. I am overwhelmed with the answers. Most of them serve a purpose, but what I exactly want is : A linux ‘pure’ live CD that is very very close to windows look and feel. It should in no way damage existing windows files on the laptop but open all ms office files in an emergency ! Please suggest a tested, perfect distro to download and use. Thanks again.

If I boot from a Linux live CD is it going to install over vista?

I have downloaded Linux and going to burn it to CD when I boot from it will it install over Vista as I have never used Linux and just want to try it but I have heaps of programs that is still on Vista that I dont want to download again. Also is other programs like PC games, Mircosoft office still work fine on Linux as well as hardware such as Printers, joysticks etc. still going to work to, do they need drivers. Its Ubuntu 64 OS

Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Computer Based Training CD- Learn Linux with Over 8 Hours of Lessons on CD. Covers Over 200 Suse Linux Desktop Software Operating System Features From Basic to Advanced Including; Firefox Use, Configuring Printers, Playing an MP3, Saving to Microsoft Office Format, Etc. CBT Training By Experienced Linux Instructor. For Windows, Mac, Linux, All Platforms.

Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Computer Based Training CD- Learn Linux with Over 8 Hours of Lessons on CD. Covers Over 200 Suse Linux Desktop Software Operating System Features From Basic to Advanced Including; Firefox Use, Configuring Printers, Playing an MP3, Saving to Microsoft Office Format, Etc. CBT Training By Experienced Linux Instructor. For Windows, Mac, Linux, All Platforms.

  • More than 8 hours of instruction on CD. All Operating systems & platforms. Network installable. Single User License.
  • Step-by-step video instruction led by an experienced Suse Linux instructor
  • Predefined courses made up of playlists, allowing you to filter for just the information you need
  • Searchable lessons & topics
  • Over 200 Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 features explained

This CBT includes instruction on the following topics, as well as many others:

Desktop for Beginners,
Introduction to Applications,
Introduction to Desktop Components,
Using Nautilus,
Exploring Firefox,
Creating a Text Document,

Advanced Desktop Features,
Using the Control Center,
Logging in as Root,
Using the Command Line,
Configuring Network Printers,
Viewing System Resources,

Using Tomboy Notes,
Accessing and Playing an MP3,
Saving a file to Microsoft Office format,
Changing the Display.

The single-user license allows one user to use the CD-ROM.

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Tricked-Out Fedora12 Live CD Install with subtitles!

www.TheNerdshow.com jumps the gun and reviews the free Fedora 12 Linux Live (bootable) CD operating system while it is still in alpha development! It still installs and works beautifully. Then we test a non-free Fedora 12 install to hard drive, with mp3 support, DVD playback, flash player, office applications and games, working around several errors. Now you can do just about everything that Windows can do without all the installation time, viruses and headaches that some windows users …