Thank you guys for your replies. I'm intrigued by Mint Mate and certainly looks like something I could have fun trying out. My problem is that my Mum's PC is 130 miles away so whatever I do needs to just work after a day visiting without any IT intervention from me. I use Teamviewer to access...
My title pretty much sums up my question. Its my Mother's desktop pc which she wants to keep rather than buying a new machines altogether. I've been told that I need to upgrade the RAM to 2Gb which Crucial.com confirm is possible.
Are there any other issues I need to think about before buying...