http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/debian-reviews/kwheezy-1-2/
Download, http://www.kwheezy.com/en/downloads/
Might be a gentle way for a beginner to start with Debian.
Quite a nice article though a bit dated. The os it seems has matured a tad. Shame the guy uses the dreaded "N" word. He must be one of The Knights of Ni.