[GRLUG] distro advice

[Topher]

I have a slightly older box that I want to use as a minecraft server AND
client.  It has a VERY old version of mint as well as winXP on it. 
No-one's used the box in a while, I'm pretty sure I'm just going to wipe
it clean.

I want to put linux on it, and I want the install to be as painless as
possible.  The desktop pretty much doesn't matter, since we just need a
simple way to load minecraft.

So I need something kind of light, with an easy install.  I'm thinking
not gnome or kde, and probably not even xfce.  Something like fluxbox
sounds about right.

Any suggestions?

Topher