Best CJK linux distro

[ax]

I've been testing some linux distro recently, but none pleased me as much as the old userfriendly winxp. I know there were things that unpleased me as well in windows which is also why I am trying out all this distros. Since I am a newbie, my opinion may not represents fact that linux is so powerful and all.

Would someone give me advice on what distro is best to let me do these few things.
- running skype
- running msn w/ webcam capabilities
- playing mp3/mpg/avi and most popular codecs
- changing input system of at least Traditional Chinese, Japanese and English

thanks in advance.

ax

[acquiredtarget]

Pretty much any linux distro can do what you want. Depending on the distro, you may have to download some media apps. I know some distros don't iclude full functionality do to licensing concerns. Skype has a version of Linux. For a beginner, I'd suggest Ubuntu ( http://www.ubuntulinux.org ). Redhat Fedora ( http://fedora.redhat.com/ ) and Mandrake ( http://www.mandrivalinux.com ) are also suggested for beginners. A good site for linux questions is www.justlinux.com.
Any problems you run into or any questions you have will more than likely been answered there.

[ax]

I have installed ubuntulinux the other night and frankly I am not very happy with it. I don't like the look and it doesn't allow me to tweak the language options from its control panel. The only thing I like about ubuntu is its step by step dialog box that guide beginners thru different kind of driver and application setup.

I wanna try Centos tonight. I want to install VMware and run windows from it.

ax