CD-Linux Knoppix comes to the Mac
Cool! Knoppix is my favorite emergency distribution - just insert and boot, the computer remains unchanged, but a completely functional Linux based on Debian is available. With it, you can usually get just about anything repaired, except hardware damage.
Something like that for the Mac would certainly be nice too - also to show Mac users a Linux without having to repartition their disks.
At heise online news there is the original article.