I use Mint since 7 version. It is great operating system: light, secure, it come with all codecs for video, audio and much more. You can configure it as a great environment for developing too. And lasts versions are coming JRE 6.0 ready to use.
So, it is a beauty solution for Micro$oft systems and all that need of good operating system
super interesting. it is a possibility for some people that access the web from a slow conection. All they need is access the shell and enter commands for get the results from web.