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I've not tried masses, but all that I've had time to, really, and Kubuntu seemed to be the one that fell most in line with how my brain wants my computer to work.
But recently i've installed Debian for the first time, and I reall like the almost legacy attitude to the software - nothing new and bleeding or even cutting edge by default, all tried and tested. Which is exactly what I want to use.
And while I'm going through the experimenting stage, supporting 11 architectures is probably going to be handy.
The distros that I use on a regular basis are all Debian or Debian based now. I've got a webserver running Debian, a fileserver running ubuntu, my desktop runs Kubuntu and my laptop's running DSL. So they must be doing something that I like.
SimplyMEPIS. I find it has the easy setup common to the easiest distros around, mostly free stuff, but when it is a choice between "free" or "works", SimplyMEPIS assembles the pieces needed to "work".
Based on Debian and Ubuntu on top of that, I find it has the stability of Debian and the currentness of Ubuntu, and it saves me having to build a Sid based Debian desktop system myself, then spend hours adding in all the non free stuff I need to accomplish the tasks I am interested in accomplishing.
Ideally, I wish GNU could get it ALL free. In the meantime, it is SimplyMEPIS for me on the desk.
Runnerup: Freespire, for many of the same reasons, but MEPIS pulls em off a bit better and MEPIS seems to run a bit faster - less bloated with unnecessary services.
Distribution: Mac OS X 10.6.6, Gentoo Linux, FreeBSD 6.0
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Gentoo. I've so far always been able to get a bootable system on the first try (after some tweaking of course). I personally like how it now has a Gnome DE, so I can go to various web sites if needed while installing (or doing homework while installing).
Debian Etch x86_64, fast, secure and actually is stable not like lot of people think. i tried and installed beryl without problems runs really nice but took long time to do install. after this i tried ubuntu edgy it's sun and took just like 10 minutes to install beryl on it and works really nice and fast. i think that we need to continue using linux and beryl that kick up aero 1000 times jeje, and is not so heavy.
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