I think distributions like mandrake, suse, and redhat include enough documentatoin and utilities for a new user to survive. Knoppix is a handy distro, but unless you install it to the hard drive your configuration and server options are somewhat limited. It's great to just get a taste though.
You can in fact get bootable CD versions of other linux distro's also, I recommend trying Suse that way.
The first thing you have to remember is that EVERY problem or question you ever have with linux has already occured... search with simply your question and your likely to get an answer, if you want to know how to do something simply type in "Howto xyz"
Just avoid more difficult distributions like slackware or debian (both excellent for their intended audiences)
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