I am only about 3 months into using linux but I can't seem to settle on any particular distro. I have tried about 20 distros to date - Mandrake, Suse, Libranet, Debian Ubuntu, Mepis, FC2, Arch, Knoppix, Gnoppix, Morphix, Linspire, Xandros, Slackware, Slax, Kanotix, DSL, Feather, Bonzai and Lycoris to be precise.
Well actually I have two 'permanent' installs, Mandrake and Mepis, which I am keeping for day to day use, but I have a spare testing partition too. So any suggestions as to a fresh/innovative distro that I could try that I haven't already. I do prefer apt/KDE-based distros but really I will try anything new.

Cheers!

www.distrowatch.com - this site has a list of over a hundred distros.

Thanks for the advice but thats where I sourced all the distros I have already tried. Just thought maybe someone used a particular distro that I hadn't tried that they would recommend. Save me downloading some more isos and save some other people's bandwidth too. Btw I just use linux for the desktop, no critical stuff.

Try Gobo and Rubyx ... check out my "Introduction to Rubyx" on OSNews for more detail:
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8530

Gentoo

Its worth the install!

You have already tried all the major/most-popular distros. If none of them are to your liking, then as XavierP has already suggested, distrowatch is where you want to go. As I'm sure you already know, determining which distro is "best" is an entirely subjective call, and so asking others for recommendations is sort of like asking people to recommend new albums to buy - it cannot be done without knowing your own personal tastes.

Good luck with your search -- J.W.

I think that this is a huge issue for many people.I was in this same quagmire 2 years ago.A great linux guru that I know (good friend,linux developer) was wondering why i wasted so much time trying to decide upon a distro. Linux is just a kernel, and he explained to me that the single most important thing is that to find a distro that has the best, simple, complete package manager.Package management is the pretty much the most paramount thing for a great linux experience.ie,,,debian based distros,and gentoo are absolutly the best distros hands down.Apt and portage are the best period! And after this is taken care of,then youll start to do real things with linux,instead of being stuck in the distro Quagmire as most of us were at one time.

Thanks for the suggestions folks. I'll be sure to try them out this week if I can

If you're just trying distros for the sake of it, then give INSERT a go! It's a rescue/recovery distro, so I wouldn't look to hard into install it. If, however, you're looking for something that tailors your needs perfectly, and you've not found one yet... enter LFS! Linux From Scratch! You already have a couple of distros installed, so you (should) have all the tools necessary to get your own distro up and running, although I hear there is a sort-of boot-cd-cum-installer available.

Never tried LFS myself. It's one of those projects that has remained on my "todo" list for quite some time... when I get around to it