I'm tired of distros not including proprietary software, when there is no workaround to it -- like drivers, don't take out a driver unless theres a working open source version to replace it.

And I hate distros that mess with the apps that are installed, im not talking about settings. Linspire is a good example of this -- look at firefox, they messed with it so much. openSuse isn't bad, they only added a start menu to kde.

And a good distro should come with a working Xine and also the win32codecs

So is there any distro like that that doesn't mess with the apps, has kde, and comes with proprietary drivers/software and full functionality?

Full functionality? YES! plenty of distro's have that- Ubuntu installed perfectly and works perfectly for me. Others have their own preferences, as well.

Proprietary software? Never. If that's an issue, and Wine doesn't run everything you want, then maybe you need to set up a dual-boot so you can use windoze when you need it.

For info on Wine, go to: http://frankscorner.org

Well many distros do not wish to include codecs and mp3 support do to legal issues. They are not opensource.

All distros have a bit of tweaking. That is to give themselves a different appearance.

I have used Redhat type distros and tweaked them myself to my liking. A default Redhat install is far from what it would end up being once I get done with it.

Brian

I'm looking for a distro, not arguments.

LQ is great for suggestions, but if you really know what you want you want to be checking distrowatch.
Just as a straight install of M$ Windows does not include Quicktime, Acrobat reader, Office software, TweakUI, and other of your favorite apps but computer manufacturers do include some of these; various Linux distributions include or exclude software for various reasons.
Understand why software may or may not be included in a distribution and learn to look for what you want.
That's really why all those distributions exist.

Here a few personal reccomendations:

Mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/community/mandrivaone


PCLinuxOS .92
http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/dist...glish/preview/
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distr...glish/preview/

This is the distro I use and recommend, Why because it works right out of the box. No need to configure Everything, everything just works. It also comes as a 1 CD install that is a live CD that you can install later if you wish.

Mephis
http://www.mepis.org/

My own recommendation would be that you stick with Windows. Of Linux distributions that I know, your only realistic choices are Linspire and Xandros. If you must use Linux, pick one of them. You mention not liking Linspire's handling of Firefox. I would assume that you could manage to install the Mozilla version of that.

Turbolinux, Vectorlinux, and Linuxmint all say they offer multimedia support. I know Vector works pretty well out of the box but cannot say for the other two.
As far as other issues, I cannot predict what the OP may or may not like.