[rocket357]

I have a friend that needs me to set up a Linux box for him (I set up an OpenBSD firewall around a year ago for him and it hasn't given him a single problem yet, so he's interested in checking out more of what open source has to offer), but one of the core requirements is the ability to run 1-2 Windows apps.

I demonstrated a "virtualized" WinXP install to him on my Gentoo Linux machine. He was impressed, and wants the same.

Problem is, this Linux machine can't be a stripped, lean system. It needs to be intuitive and user friendly. No command line usage here...He's a psychiatrist, not a computer scientist!

So I downloaded Mint (everyone who has tried it seems to like it so far), and I'm installing that on an old laptop I had lying around. I'll post more tomorrow when I get to work...but so far Mint is looking like *just* the thing my buddy needs...kudos to the team(s) involved with this project!

Edit - Mint was a bit heavy for the laptop (PIII M 600 with 192MB RAM...hahaha), so I dug up an old PIII (1.0GHz with 512 MB RAM) and I'll install both Sabayon and Mint on there (and perhaps Ubuntu, though I know my graphic chipset will prove to be a headache), and post more opinions on them later...