Thanks, g-c. I'll do a little more homework.

By the way, how is PCLinuxOS working out? I'm using Mint 7 on a laptop with the dreaded SiS chipset. Getting a (strictly 2-D) driver working on it once was fun, but I'm not sure I could work up the enthusiasm to do it again in order to install Mint 9. I tried the current PCLinuxOS live CD a couple of days ago, and it looked very promising.

(Looks very Mandriva-ish, so I'll try the current Mandriva, too - couldn't get wireless working on the old Thinkpad, though.)

And out of curiosity, are you using the GNOME or KDE version? I imagine I'd go for GNOME, but the KDE is ... pretty. Just not convinced that it's quite as usable, but one must guard against prejudices and preconceptions.