Morphix couldn't be simpler. Just download the 200MB mini-iso (Light GUI), and install to HD. Then apt-get anything that you want afterwards. Knoppix gives you the choice of KDE or nothing.
Yes, this is true if you have some sort of broadband that is... But i think he was on modem, so would take ages to do it that way...
I don't see the point in KDE at all. If you want to use a Windows clone, why not just use windows and add CygWin for the UNIX layer? You get the best of both worlds then.
What is wrong with KDE? KDE looks awesome, much better than XP with any skins on it... Its not that kde copied windows, it was windows that copied kde... just look at XP, they "stole" a few features from kde even then..
