[ Thanks to Falko
Timme for this link. ]
“This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 9
(Isadora) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows
desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the
things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear:
you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on
old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of
charge. Linux Mint 9 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 10.04
that has lots of packages in its repositories (like multimedia
codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Skype, Google Earth, etc.) that
are relatively hard to install on other distributions; it therefore
provides a user-friendly desktop experience even for Linux
newbies.”