I didn't vote, but I will comment because this topic comes up every d*** day. It doesn't need to be repeated daily.

I use on my 2 pcs.

OLd Pc 633mhz 256mb - Arch & OpenSuSe 10.0 beta2 at the moment (Might install VEctor and take out Suse)

Main PC 3.0ghz 1gb ddr400 mb - XP Pro, Frugalware, (Had PCLinuxOS), (Had Kanotix), (Had VLOS 1.2), right now OpenSuSe 10.0 bet2 (HAD PHAERONIX) TOO

I mainly use as you can see . Arch, Frugalware, OpenSuSe (new), PCLinuxOS, Phaeronix/VLOS 1.2, and Vector once in a while but gonna try it again on oldie . Cant forget Kanotix

w00t! Fedora Core 3.

Unfortunately, that box is never on the internet, so i'm missing about 280 updates.

oh well, it's still good, even though it's a tad slower than slackware.

I use debian.

It all began once late night in $MONTH, chatting on irc, when a guy named z3phyr recommend debian to me.

$AMOUNT months later, I give it a go. It kinda' stuck.

Before that, I had a very brief affair with Red Hat 6.2, but that was *way* back then.

The things I appreciate about debian:

*) Since I lean towards (read: only use) free (libre) software, being able to say `main, period' is a dealbreaker. By that logic, Ubuntu would be OK too(*)

*) It's gratis.

*) It's free from commercial interests. While they aren't bad *per se*, they often dictate over pure technical interests. IOW, "there's no PR & Marketing division to screw it up"

*) Most of the time (IOW often enough for me) it `Just Works'.

*) It has a boatload of packages.

*) update-alternatives.

my two cents --Jonas

1. PclinuxOS
2. Alinux
3. Mepis
4. Frugalware

Those are what I'm using right now and in the order of favourability. This could change in a week or month.

1. Phaeronix/VLOS
2. PCLinuxOS (LiveCd, Easy for news, Fine for Experts, Customizeable, Installable)
3. Kanotix (Livecd + installable) best Debian
4. Arch/Frugalware
5. OpenSuSe
6. Vector

Mepis because its easy, doesn't waste your time, very automated, is also a live CD, and it comes with more working out the box than any other distro I've tried.

Gentoo right now. Because its so great!

Gentoo. Portage is sweet!

Main desktop: 1.2GHz, 768MB RAM - Slackware-current
Laptop: 1.5GHZ, 512MB RAM - Slackware-current
Demand-dial server: P233, 64MB RAM - Slackware 9.1

I guess my favorite is Slackware. It was the first distro I found that worked with all of my current hardware at the time. I always liked how it only installs the essentials and lets the user choose what else to add. It has always treated me good. It does what I want when I want. If somethings wrong it's easy to fix. The tgz package system couldn't be easier to use. Since I first installed 9.1 I have had so much fun tweaking the fs, modifying config files, playing with script files, compiling kernels and keeping up to date with -current.

Once I went Slack I never went back.

Computer#1:dual booting Mepis 3.3.1 and Kanotix 2005-3

Computer #2: quadruple booting Mepis 3.3.1 , PCLinux .9 , Alinux 12.3
and (oh my god) W*****S Me

mandriva 2005 on the desktop for ease of use (wife isnt to competent in linux) and slack.


2006 on laptop so i can take it to others homes and show them linux can be simple and fun.

2.6.whatever

ASPLinux (the best from FC (if any) and from sanity of developers) +LinuxFromScratch. Why neither of them is listed??

OLD Pc: Arch (Thinking what to install to dual-boot)

Main PC : XP Pro, Frugalware, OpenSuSe 10.0 (latest)

Thinking about reinstalling new VLOS (gentoo) because gentoo is so great. and 3.0ghz 1gb ram is good enough to compile , until my friend (phaeronix developer) releases new up to date stable phaeronix version coming soon. Stay Tuned!