What's your favorite Linux distro?

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What is you're favourite linux distribution and why? for me it would be lubuntu because I love the way it looks and it is very lightweight and fast

Crunchbang is even lighter and faster than Lubuntu. -- I've been using this since last february, in conjunction with the excellent and now sadly defunct SolusOS.

Generally I like distros based on Debian Stable, but with a few tweaks like updated software repositories non free stuff like flash installed or enabled in repositories, and later kernels.

Slackware, especially since I'm a glutton for punishment. The installation process is a pain, since it's all character-cell based, but it leaves you in complete control of the install.

I prefer Arch and Slackware. Mint is good (and the recommended option for new Linux users), but it serves no obvious purpose if you already have a licensed version of Windows, which is better at most tasks. Stripped down versions of Linux are very good for C and C++ programming, but you'll also have to install security enhancements, frontends, and so on yourself They're also much more forgiving if you make a mistake than anything based on Debian is.

I went with lubuntu personally because I liked the desktop environment better and lubuntu looked really busy from what screenshots I saw of it and I am a pretty big minimalist when it comes to desktops. I know I could change how it looks and works but I'm lazy so I just went with lubuntu

I tend to make Linux decisions based on practicality. I chose Ubuntu over Mint because it's the distro that Steam officially supports and there is a lot more newbie support for command line interactions. I liked Mint a lot but, from my point of view, it was unreliable for anything beyond web-browsing.

I also like using Puppy and other ultra-light distros for my aging laptops. I keep XP on the hard drives and use live distros whwnever I want to go online with them.

I prefer Arch, though next time I'll try out Mandriva next time.

I definetely prefer rolling release distros over other like Debian based ones. Tried several of them, never really like any of them.

Linux From Scratch.

Just installed Arch Linux and after 2 days of figuring stuff out, I AM LOVING IT!! !! !! !! !!

You'll quickly see that it's faster, more stable, and easier to customize than Ubuntu. Mistakes are also much easier to correct.

I started from Ubuntu in the beginning when I was browsing the internet and found there were other OSes. From that, I picked up a few skills and methods that eased me into it and then when I was settled, I got rid of Windows. This is my third Linux Distro (after Fedora) and it feels a lot more challenging and manageable, especially that it has a lot more flexibility than any distro I've seen. It can be used for simple Linux commands or a more basic version of what Windows is known to provide. I've found my home with this one.

Have you checked out Slackware, btw?

I was watching a YouTube video on Arch Linux last night. A teenager showed his mother, step by step, how to set-up and configure her own desktop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWyqJ50lho4

It goes on for about fifty minutes, but it certainly makes Arch Linux seem a lot less daunting. For now, I'm settled with Ubuntu, but AL definitely seems like a possibility for the future.

I feel like I'm in quite a fortunate position with Linux. Many people say they can't switch over from Windows because the games they want aren't available. I never had a Windows PC powerful enough to run modern games so, to me, my Linux gaming rig is the greatest thing ever.

Given that you have to uninstall Unity and install KDE, Gnome, Cinnamon, or another frontend that's better, configuring Ubuntu may take a while as well.

Or you could just download Kubuntu, if KDE is the GUI you want to use.

Nope, I've heard very little about it. Could you giive me a brief introduction?