Ok maybe it's just my nature but I can never leave well enough alone till I know all I can find out about it.

Granted I don't know much about linux, what better time to learn when you get a wonderfull linux toy? So heres my question, I've got a spare computer sitting here, what should I put on it in order to tinker with the empeg software and see how badly I can break it? Not that it's going to be put on my empeg but I love to pull stuff apart (software wise) and see what's going on. My guess is newest version of Debian (downloading as we speak) but what other additions to a normal install should I get? What exact files off the empeg site should I get and what items to edit, view, recompile these files. Also if there a way to locally run the software on the machine to see how it runs so I don't have to kill my empeg to see what I broke?

Thanks for any help that someone may be able to give me.

Future Blue MK2 20GiG Owner.