Well, I'm not a purist when it comes to Liinux. Since Ubuntu first came out, I hated the muddy dirt look and installing it was a nightmare by comparison to SuSE, Sabayon and others I've used. Even now, Ubuntu is too much work for me. Keeping the Open and Proprietary World segregated in this day and age is Linux's biggest mistake.
Mint turns the basic Ubuntu plain jane OS out of box experience into a pleasure!
Also Dietrich? You should change your title in your name to "Your Ubuntu Advocate". Cut to the chase out of the gate and state your one true love...... is Ubuntu!
I'll stick with Sabayon Linux, where no configuration is required if you install the full distro and then just delete Apps you don't want or use! .....and Sabayon is the most beautiful Linux distro out box on the planet. Mint though, comes in a close 2nd... that is when they get KDE version out the door for me. It's all about having 100's of CHOICES with Linux!
