"the importance of events lends strength and clarity to the particular oration"
I don't know much about Linux or the various flavors of it, but someone recommended MEPIS to me for an older system that I have. I tried it and it installed very easy, found all the old hardware and my wireless network, and the setup was very easy. It's now folding 24/7 and that's all it does, so I really haven't learned much about it. It does use the K desktop, but you can choose Gnome (which I've never seen).
Here's a link to check it out: MEPIS Good Luck.
RT
OOPS! Please excuse and ignore the quote in my previous post to you. That was a in a prior post to Egon and I forgot to take it out. Mea Culpa.
RT