Which simple CMS system?
 

Which of the free CMS systems (like phpNuke, Mambo etc.) would be easiest and fastest to set up and customize if I'd only need the following stuff:
- blog-like system
- pics gallery (or possibility to use Coppermine)
- links directory?

Why not see for yourself all of the best available offers in the market ;) :
http://www.opensourcecms.com

Have fun

I like Postnuke the best.

There's a blog module, a journal module, a coppermine photo gallery module (and others) and a built in links directory module standard.

http://www.postnuke.com

Mambo with a few plugins...

note: Postnuke sites have been torned apart due to many exploits found, if you arent always patching it you will end up with your site "owned"...