Thanks for that - I was considering Elementary, tho all of my media boxen are going Linux, as well as my DMZ'd server, and I had hoped to normalize around Mint... I am currently gonna try full blown Mint/Cinnamon on that Asus EEE PC, just to see... But I just might be going Ubuntu/Unity on the Media boxen anyway (maybe better presented for use on the TVs), so at that point, I won't have normalization anyway.
One way or anther, I'll give Elementary a go. : )
thx again.