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It might or might no be necessary to have a Linux Live Boot CD in with your diagnostic tools, but if you repair computers for a living, you really should have a way to boot into an OS if the hard drive has failed or if you want to troubleshoot a computer with the hard [...]

Our download recommendation for today is Knoppix.
This is a Linux distro that runs entirely from a CD that you burn Knoppix to and boot up when you first start Windows. This is a great tool for computer techs who are testing hardware or Windows users who are curious about Linux, yet are not ready to [...]