Originally Posted by John VV (Post 4710164)

"best" depends on just WHAT you are going to be doing
and the type of tech support
and so on....

Debian stable in the deb group

RHEL6 in the rpm NOT FREE ( one desktop $299 PER year - server -you might need up to 3 grand per year )
with 24/7 tech support
CentOS6 (in the rpm group)- free rebuild of RHEL -- YOU are the tech support
ScientificLinux 6 (in the rpm group)- free rebuild of RHEL -- YOU are the tech support