InstaLinux

Wouldn't it be cool if you could just put a Linux disc into the drive, type "install," walk away and come back later to a working Linux system?

It'll probably never happen though. It's way too complicated to configu--cough--excuse me. It's way too compl--cough

Dammit!

Oh hell, maybe it isn't. Go to InstaLinux and see for yourself. Choose some basic options through the web interface and it generates a small (30MB or less) ISO image that can be used for a "hands-free" installation. You get to choose between an Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora or SuSE distro.

COOL!

It's based on LinuxCOE: "A CGI-based network install image generator" that was developed by Hewlett Packard and released under the GPL.

InstaLinux is a cheesy name, though.