"Mandrake Linux 8.1 easier than Win-XP" - The Register

Compare ML 8.1 with WinXP on several topics, including this major one, Internet tasks. Mandrake Linux 8.1 is "a fine choice if you want to surf the Web and take control of the information you're leaving behind, and which Web sites are leaving on your machine; it's good for using e-mail with far fewer malware dangers (start by displaying all received messages as text only); and of course it works well for chatting and trading files with your friends on line.
In other words, it's better at most of what the majority of Windows addicts use their computers for: wasting time on line."