Perfect..The livecd works just like any linux install with X; hit control+alt+F1(/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6) and it will happily drop you to a terminal. Alternatively you can open an xterm or similar and use a graphical web browser to view the handbook rather than links.
Just what I wanted to hear..
I was hearing about the graphical installer.. (and was not paying it too much attention.. till I thought of the graphical installer ALA Fedora, etc...)
But this is just what I wanted.. Thanks :)
