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You can find Mint Linux at http://linuxmint.com

Overview

I use Linux Mint (Gloria), a derivative of Ubuntu (9.04) - almost exclusively. I like Mint for exactly that reason - because it is not too difficult to use it exclusively. It takes Ubuntu, which is a great distribution, and adds just a thin enough layer to make it really, really usable immediately.

Boons

Proprietary hardware is included, and detected, automatically. This includes the wily Broadcom b43 drivers.
Additional repositories of the free but not-opensource software that you want (like MP3 drivers) are included in the installation
The Environment is modified to be cleaner and nicer than the default Gnome/Ubuntu environment
There is very little extra cruft - they still use the standard Ubuntu software repositories and program locations - so that you can use Ubuntu help and resources in your everyday life.

Annoyances

Mintified Firefox

There are very few things about Mint that really annoy me. The number one thing is that the default distribution commandeers the Google search bar in Firefox to use a re-branded Linux Mint Google Search. To overcome that, you can do this:

Getting rid of Mint-Firefox

comment out the packages.linuxmint.com source from /etc/apt/sources.lst
sudo apt-get remove firefox*
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox

Getting Rid of the Mint-Firefox Search

Install the Add to Search Bar Extension
Restart Firefox
Click on the Search Bar options and choose Manage Search Engine List
Delete the current **Google* Search
Go to http://google.com , but the cursor in the search entry, and right click. Choose Add to Search Bar...
Configure and you're done!

Other Annoyances

the terminal bell is on at installation and needs to be uninstalled.
some key-for-me software is not available at installation: emacs and subversion.
There is no package configuration during installation.