Does Debian have DRI support in stock kernels? I've compiled my own before and gotten it working on this computer (Intel Integrated i910) but for some reason not on Debian. I tried for about a day at one point and gave up. My apt comes from a testing mirror but I can change that if I need to. Or maybe I need to try again compiling my own.

Other than this issue, Debian's great! No long compile times (*cough* Gentoo *cough*), no half implemented hacks making it "easy to use" (*cough* Ubuntu *cough*), and more than 3 official packages (*cough* Slackware *cough*).

If I'm not mistaken it does come with the latest stock kernels. At least with the ones I use.