If anyone's interested in trying out Linux, and is heading dunnunda, grab "The revised edition LINUX pocketbook" from a newsagent.
It put out by Australian Personal Computer mag and had 3CDs with versions of Red-Hat6.1 and Caldera Open Linux 2.3, plus heaps of other goodies.
The book itself walks you through setting up linux on your pc, from repartitioning your drives to how to use the various GUI's etc.
Well worth the AUD$20
It's available online at:
http://apcmag.com/shop/