Linux at the Library?

Dean Siren asks: "Has anyone put a copy of Linux at a public or school library, free to check out, copy, install, and return? It's legal, and for many people would be a more convenient way to get ahold of Linux than purchasing or downloading (by putting it in a school library, it's almost as much forced exposure as Channel 1). I'm still talking with my local librarians about it, and wondering if it's an effective way to get 'converts'." What an interesting thought. I may have to check on doing this at my local library and those of you interested in this can check in your neck of the woods, as well. It would be interesting to see how such an idea is received.

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Best distro???

[tfurrows]

What if there were a distro just for libraries, perhaps one especially suited to people that have never installed linux and have no outside help? Perhaps even a special "trial" distro that installed onto a virutal drive under windows and then let them boot into linux from the desktop. (running in full-blown linux, of course, not some VM env.).

I know these things are all out there, but not in an all-inclusive distro...

Perhaps more people need to be making distros, or participating in making the existing ones easier to use for the rest of the world (personally, I'll stick with Slackware).