Mr. Tines , I can definitely see your point. I'll have to play around with virtualization a little more - it's been a while, so I hadn't even considered the option! I think VirtualBox was what I was using before (thanks, pwhodges !) Catamari , I think the liveDVD I was using mus...

Hi, everyone. I've been lurking here way too long. Saw a post on Linux and joined to help out. Mind if I stick around for a while?

Lavinius, it sounds like you're pretty new to Linux. Don't worry, Mint's a fairly friendly distro, so you should be just fine. Like Catamari said, OEM's are usually for manufacturer use, so try going for one of the regular versions with all the codecs pre-packaged. Personally, I'...