Thanks FG...

I just finished downloading PCLOS, from the screenies it looks pretty flash, and with rotating screens I checked out Linux Mint after Rik suggested it as well... and damn, it looks good too!! No wonder Gnome and KDE are competing, very impressive. I liked LMint too, as it was only a 690mb download. But with only the third release 'Bianca' i dont know the reliability, perhaps when it gets more mature... what are your thoughts?

I'm about to try to boot into PCLOS LiveCD... cross my fingers (i'll let you know how it goes)

Im reading through the wiki guide as well... i think the big help will be needed when i go to try and install to the HD!

Cheers