PCLinuxOS

PCLinuxOS is the perfect halfway house between Windows and Linux. After seeing some of the basic feautures in this distro, I can't help but recommend it to anyone who wants to get their friends into Linux. It isn't horribly Windowsy like Linspire or XandrOS, but rather only mimics some aspects of Windows such as menu's and icons:





But dont let this apparent clone fool you into thinking you wont be able to tinker with it just like you would any other linux distro. You can use apt and Synaptic Package Manager(even you yum lovers have to admit apt is good, better than portage anyway) and invoke the terminal to run all those commands you want. A quick look at the Free Software Magazines beginner's introduction to the command line should give you an idea of what to expect from this. And for those who just can't decide on what distribution to pick, try this neat litte quiz