Matt,
I wonder if you have the wrong idea about Live DVD/USBs? You can try a distro on your laptop without installation just to see if you like it. At the end of a trial, closing down the laptop will leave you with an unchanged HDD - there will be no files from the Live DVD left on it.
If you do like a particular distro then you can install it by clicking on an icon whilst running the Live DVD - and you will have the option of installing either alongside your present OS or instead of it.
It's a ver...
Matt,I wonder if you have the wrong idea about Live DVD/USBs? You can try a distro on your laptop without installation just to see if you like it. At the end of a trial, closing down the laptop will leave you with an unchanged HDD - there will be no files from the Live DVD left on it.
If you do like a particular distro then you can install it by clicking on an icon whilst running the Live DVD - and you will have the option of installing either alongside your present OS or instead of it.
It's a ver...
I wonder if you have the wrong idea about Live DVD/USBs? You can try a distro on your laptop without installation just to see if you like it. At the end of a trial, closing down the laptop will leave you with an unchanged HDD - there will be no files from the Live DVD left on it.
If you do like a particular distro then you can install it by clicking on an icon whilst running the Live DVD - and you will have the option of installing either alongside your present OS or instead of it.
It's a ver...