Hello,
Quite some time ago (somewhere in october / november) I wrote a (dutch) article on what Mandriva Linux 2006 can be for normal home users. It is directed to people who have heard about linux and have some curiousity, but don't know really much about it.
I finally came to it to translate it to english, and to create a website to publish it. You can find it here:
http://coulier.org/CMS/MDV_2006_homeusers_1_EN.html.
I used a creative commons license, so if you would like to translate, or use it for making another article or something, don't hesitate.
Ciao,
Wim