I found this great article.
Ubuntu in 30 days.
Ubuntu is quickly becoming the most popular linux flavor and anyone wanting to give linux a try should (IMO) start there. You dont even need to to install it on you hard drive... The whole OS can run straight from the CD. and its pretty snappy too. It's not without it's bugs but what I've experienced so far is a great free alternative for general day to day computer m#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g.. as you will read, gaming, meh... photo editing... meh.. But all in all relatively solid.
http://consumer.hardocp.com/article....xoY29uc3VtZXI=