Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution. The 8th release of Linux Mint comes with numerous bug fixes and a lot of improvements. If you want to have a taste of Linux, Mint is the way to go. In particular Linux Mint 8 comes with support for OEM installs, a brand new Upload Manager, the menu now allows you to configure custom places, the update manager now lets you define packages for which you don’t want to receive updates, the software manager now features multiple installation/removal of software and many of the tools’ graphical interfaces were enhanced. I’ve been running the Release Candidate of Linux Mint 8 for some time, without any problems. >> Linux Mint website