This month’s Linux Format Magazine had Linux Mint as one of the Linux distros on the DVD.  I’ve been hearing a lot of people talk about this Ubuntu-based distro.  So Mint is based on Ubuntu which is based on Debian.  Why not just base Linux Mint off of Debian?  Ok, so given that it’s based off of Ubuntu and Ubuntu is becoming synonymous with Linux because it’s so easy to use, why would you want to use Linux Mint?  I check out tout the Linux Mint About Page and I’ll sum it up here.  Basically they appear to be focused on making things even MORE user-friendly than Ubuntu.  It appears that they intend to do this in in two ways - by having the media codecs and firmware available and by having some better user interfaces.