I am running Ubuntu on my home computer. Ver. 8.04. Love it. The
problem is that on the old lap top haven't ever been able to get DVD's
to play with 8.04 where I could in 6.06.
Another reason for Mint is that it's basically Ubuntu. I'm stuck with
dial up here in rural Alabama. It takes the better part of the day to
download all the codecs and flash and all the other goodies that makes
Ubuntu usable. Mint just saves a lot of time downloading and tweeking.