...and Slackware it is! :D

ME: "What's new, my old friend?"
SLACK: "Well, you'll have to find out! I was v10.0 the first time we met, you know?"
ME: "I can't wait!"
SLACK: "Anytime you're ready! But I don't think you'll be too surprised..." ;)

absolute debian

indeed...
and let's not forget that Knoppix, MEPIS and Ubuntu are nothing but debian's with some gimmicks.

I would have to say Fedora (Pick Your Core)... Why?

Fedora offers a wonderful package of software but also the stability is incredible. Documentation and support for the product is wide spread. However, all Linux(s) are essentially the same. They are all Linux and feature that wonderful Kernal, and the best part is... MOST OF THEM ARE FREE! The truth is you really need to evaluate what you are going to use the operating system for. For example if you are a seasoned Posix user or are planning to run a server are you going to install Mandrake with KDE?

personal preference...

I say anything redhat, wiether it be CentOS 4.3, which i love and use as a server. Fedora 1-5 which rocks the box and are great on old systems, compaq armada 300 anyone (fedora core 2) and then there the real deals. redhat EL4 at work. beauty of a cluster (that i barely get to fondle).....its all hat bady

Debian, Gentoo, & FreeBSD are my top choices. If I were to narrow it down, it would be debian.

ubuntu/kubuntu

On the desktop, I am a real Debian fan. I tend to use prepackaged versions: Libranet for every day use, SimplyMEPIS as a basic desktop backup system, and Kanotix as an excellent alternative. I think that Xandros is an excellent commercial Debian-based system and I like it as well.

At work, we use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 for quite a few of our financial market applications. It is excellent for that. A few of us use a stock Debian based system as a terminal server (we use VNC for that) and it is rock solid).

Frankly, though, I find the vast majority of Linux distributions to be stable. Occasionally, test versions have packaging issues, but the software itself, once installed, is generally stable. When there are problems, they are almost always quickly resolved.

Because of these things, I am a big Linux user, both on the job and at home.

Slackware baby!

Once you go SLACK you never go back!

I use a very lean Debian Sarge with XFCE install.

I did try building the same thing with Slackware, but went straight back to Debian. I really, really like apt-get.

Slackware 10.1

Right now I'm Running Mandriva 2006.0 Limited Edition (Formerly Mandrakelinux). But I'm dying to try out SuSE Linux and Fedora Core, my current PC is just not powerful enough to warrant a distro switch, once my new system is up then I'll consider changing. Honestly though, if it doesn't run the Redhat Package Manager (RPMs) then I'm not too willing to try. I think we in the Linux community need to work on more universality between the distros so that we truely can pick a distro based upon features and personal tastes and not on what Package Manager it runs for those of us who have tons of DLoads already. And don't tell me that we already have a universal, I don't necessarily think that Tarballs count (Source Code).

I may be new kinf of new to linux, but i heard good stuff about slackware and i installed it in my dell. And in 3 easy steps i got it completely running, i havent test others but you can be sure than even a complete newb can get slackware running great. SO MY VOTE IS FOR THE !!SLACK!! OF HOMEMADE BREAD.

PS: dammit i did the most stupid thing ever. i posted this before voting and before realizing the poll is closed sooooo.... well whatever.

Mantorok that's Ok, the poll maybe closed, but were all still commenting on our votes and results.

I'm gald you got slack up and running so easy, it just goes to show how far slack has come.