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I would have to concur with the others, just try a live CD like Knoppix and when feel like you need a harddrive (maybe to install something) try a distrubution like Fedora, Mandrake or SuSe. And if you feel up to it, you can just install it on your moms pc with dual boot or write the LILO to a floppy.
These distrubutions are very user friendly and you shouldn't have much trouble with them.
As for 'fucking up' your pc, dual boot (at least with SuSe) is fairly easy to do, but you need to pay attention to the partitioning, if you don't have a clue what partitions are, then I would recommend you stay away.
BTW Mods: I've seen a couple of these 'which distrubution is better' and though I find it quite interesting, maybe a merged notice would be in order?
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