One of my buddies was installing about three diffrent type of Linux OS a day. Yes, he like that .

He came upon Linux Mint and it was the best looking Linux we’ve see, not only did it look good, all my hardware worked right after install.

Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including browser plugins, media codecs, support for DVD playback, Java and other components. It also adds a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, and a web-based package installation interface. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories.

Source : DistroWatch.com

So I decided to give it a try at home. Every two months I had to rebuild my 16 year old daughter’s XP laptop(guess why) SpyWare problems(you have to love myspace). So I had her do the install of Linux Mint by herself (she’s not into computers at all). She did it and everything works, even the PCMCIA Wireless Card(this laptop is about 7 years old).

So she tried:
myspace – everything works
youttube – everything works
yhaoo mail – everything works
Writing a Word Doc – everything works (Open Office)
Guess what, I haven’t rebuild her laptop in over 8 months.
I have to look at installing GTKPod so she can have access to her iPOD. (not sure if that is the best one out there).

I’m running Linux Mint with Virtual Box running Windows XP in seamless mode (runs great, my Laptop does have 4GB of RAM).
Also use it in the same mode at work with my Vista 64 BIT Desktop.

I honestly have to save that Linux Mint is the most user-friendly distributions on the market – complete with a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, a web-based package installation interface, and a number of different editions.