What is a good Linux distro???

[K]

I'm a big fan of Ubuntu.  I always loved the package system of debian along with apt-get, but I always hated installing debian.  Ubuntu brings this all together; it's so easy to install and deal with, but you can use apt-get or some frontend like synaptic to install anything you want.  I use it on my home machine and also at work.

[Sorc.Polgara]

Thanks for the replies.  Yeah, after reading all of your posts I realized that I wasn't very specific.

I'm looking to do programming and stuff with linux.  IIRC, programming in a Linux environment is somewhat better than programming in a Windows ones because Windows is very proprietary?  Dunno if I said that right, correct me if I'm wrong.

[iago]

ANYBODY who uses Lindows or Linspire should be shot for the good of Humanity. 

[Joe[x86]]

I'm going to list some window managers and utilities instead of distros themselves, because with enough customization, anything can become anything else (its all built around the Linux kernel)


Ease?
KDE or GNOME.

Education?

Speed?
XFce

Security?
iptables
Knoppix-STD (security tools edition)

Fun?
Uh, same-gnome and ksame (same game for gnome and kde) are my favorite Linux games, I think. When I get bored enough, I'll load sol.exe in WINE (I actually like it better than the linux ones).

[Draekon]

I use Gentoo Linux.  When I started using it though, it was a bitch because I didn't know what I was doing, kept failing in getting everything to work, but now I have it running great, using XFCe for my DE (nice, fast, and not too difficult to use).

The first distro of linux I used was Mandrake, now called Mandriva.  Its easy to install, pretty easy to use, but is big and slow compared to others, especially when you use KDE with it.

[iago]

Fun?
Uh, same-gnome and ksame (same game for gnome and kde) are my favorite Linux games, I think. When I get bored enough, I'll load sol.exe in WINE (I actually like it better than the linux ones).

Frozen Bubble is definitely the best.  Obvoiusly .  Here are some of the best Linux games:
http://happypenguin.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=549