I finally screwed the courage together to try and dabble with a *nix based system..wow!!! I feel like I am in kindergarten all over again.
Anyway, I went with knoppix-std just for the simple fact that if I screw something up, I can turn off my computer, and all is good again.

The only downside I can see so far is that there are so many distros, it's tough to find the exact information you need. Trying to get linux and XP working together nicely has become quite entertaining to say the least!!!

At any rate, based on my limited experience, if any users want to dabble in *nix, I encourage you to try...it's not so bad!!!

Cheers!