I got a copy of The Complete Linux Handbook from a book store recently. There's a copy of DemoLinux on the CD which can be loaded via CDROM (booting from the CD) without the need to install it on the hard drive. I haven't tried it yet. I'm still reading a couple books on Linux.
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