RedHat here,
I like it because of the learning curve. It can be used for complete n00bs or experts.

But I still like the feel of Debian

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I voted for slackware, because, in my, and many others' opinions, it is the best for learning how everything works.
Sure, no hand-holding in this distro, but thats one of the 'features' that forces you to get your hands dirty.

And getting your hands dirty is the only way to learn.

One thing I like I like about Slackware is that it has a very clean design. The config files aren't stored in some weird place, they are where they are supposed to be, or where you *want* them to be. Another thing I like about it is the fact that its complete *not bloated*.

Just one thing to remember with Slack :
**********READ ALL YOU CAN*************

Good luck at choosing a distro!
Refriedbean

PS, Other distro's that I recommend are Gentoo, Debian, and if you feel adventurous LinuxFromScratch.

if you want to learn, there's no better than slack. no rpm, no apt-get. compile and run. RTFM. look for the scripts and edit. etc etc. and if you want to save money at the barber's, this is THE distro to get coz of the rate you'll be pulling your hair out initially. but you won't regret later. you can learn a lot from slack because it forces you to. (yea you can learn the same things on redhat or any other distro, but you'll always be tempted to rpm, or update, or apt-get. i'm not knocking these package management systems... they're great, but i'm just saying that if you want to learn)

if you want something immediately usable, well, redhat, mandrake etc etc etc...

gentoo!
www.gentoo.org

Slackware is a great distro if you want to learn about Linux. If you just want something that runs as is, RedHat is a good choice.

naríus är en sverige pojke...
try to understand him.

BTW, SOT Linux 2002 ain't bad at all. Allmost same as redhat.