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[sentient_one]

My penny's worth says

Fedora 10

[lok1950]

Still using f9

Enjoy the Choice

[Philbo]

Has to be Ubuntu!

[Dutch_Master]

Is "none" an option? Otherwise: Debian

[ollie]

Along the same lines as Dutch_Master, there is no "best" distro because it depends on what it is being used for - desktop, laptop, netbook, web server, file server, database server, mail server, ADSL modem, router, disaster recovery, portable and many other niches that I can't think of at the moment.

IMHO Linux is the best distro for every situation, it just takes more work to get the configuration right sometimes

[wyliecoyoteuk]

If it is for MythTV, Mythbuntu.
For most other stuff, OpenSuse with Ubuntu close second.
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[Fat_Tuesday]

'buntu for me!

[towy71]

Whichever floats your boat Ubuntu in the LXF way seems pretty good to me
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[ethernet]

A vote for Mandriva One 2009. Stable implementation of KDE4 (sorry, my beloved openSUSE, you messed this up for me in the first few seconds after installation!).

Very impressed by Fedora 9 and 10 as well. Very polished and stable.

[Ram]

Hows about openBuntu or USUSE using both Ubuntu and oS11 each have there own plus n minuses.
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Ubuntu LXDE 12.04 running on AMD Phenom II*4; ASUS Crosshair III Formula MB; 4 GB Ram.....

[HINTERG]

Nah................. Puppy Linux 4.1.1. Runs from HD, USB, Live CD, does Broadcom (and most others) out of the box, and weighs in at a hefty 90MB.
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[nordle]

My vote would be for either Xandros or Linpus, even though I've used neither. Both distros have brought Linux to people who would otherwise have not sought it out, had it not been for the success of netbooks.

2008, it was the year of the desktop, but who would have guessed what type of desktop it would have been to actually make it happen.
(Asus apparently, but it seems like a pleasant accident rather than purely design).
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[Rhakios]

For me, it's been openSUSE 11.0. It featured a number of real improvements in package management that have made it both quicker and easier to use. Meanwhile, it did allow me to keep using KDE3.5.x while KDE4 is still in heavy development.
I would like to have been able to say that 11.1 was the best, but it has presented me with a number of stumbling blocks that, while perhaps not insurmountable, are not present in 11.0 and so I can see no point in moving my machines across to 11.1.
I shall look forward to 11.2 around the middle of this new year, hoping that KDE4.2 will finally inspire me with enough confidence to make the jump to the new version of KDE.
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[Marrea]

[lok1950]