Do you know Unetbootin?
It's a small app for putting linux distros on USB keys. You pretty much just choose a distro from a list, and press ok. Then it proceeds to download the newest version of that distro, then formats your USB drive and puts linux on it.
UNetbootin - Homepage and Downloads
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RAZD writes:
I already use open office and would like to ditch the last remnants of Bully Gates programs.
Good, and then you just need to ditch the rusty remains of Linux and Unix and move to Plan 9.
//rbp (posting from a windows machine on a 85% windows network, thats work for ya =/)
[Added by edit] You can choose both Live distros and regular installable distros.
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