I spent over 4 hours looking through the documentation, with a view to downloading the iso image of Ubuntu, to create a bootable CD. It struck me that a Windows user would not be able to follow what little info there is.
"So - Ive downloaded this iso thingy - what do I do now?"
Keep looking pal - you'll not find the answer.
The Section titled "Getting Started" offered no help whatsoever - Knoppix.net and Knoppix-std.org are both the same.
Why not produce some proper documentation that hand-holds an inexperienced Windows user, to show them EXACTLY what they need to do, and screen shot how to do it - properly?
All I can find on ALL THREE sites is what reads like badly translated techno-speak, written with the total assumption that the reader has 20 years of machine code compiling experience. Probably not the intention, but certainly how all three sites feel to the novice - who was sitting with me, watching. If you'd really like to convert Windows users to Linux - why not make things easier for them to take that initial first step?
Computer press quotes developers and extolls readers to try Linux - in whatever flavour - "because it's better than Mr Gates' products etc etc" But your websites do not get anywhere near that - by looking and feeling like exclusive clubs.
Sorry - but that's how it looks
the ISO image contains everything you need to create a bootable CD. If you have a CD-RW (burner), and you double click the ISO file, and the software for the burner is installed correctly, it should automatically go. If not, burning the ISO image will depend on which software you use with your burner.
Why not help us produce some proper documentation? If you have the time to write up 3 paragraphs complaining about the current state of documentation, then maybe you have the time to write 3 paragraphs explaining what an ISO is and the minimal requirements is a CD-RW, XP or burning software, and a blank CD.
However, this is not a bug, more or less a call for support. I am willing to work with you in order to get your "bootable CD" going. If you feel this is a bug, I would recommend that you open another, with more specifics, and less YELLING. Thank you.