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I tested numerous distributions during past years and I always faced the same problems : boring to configure, difficult to install/uninstall clearly applications, lack of automatic steps (eg : creation of menu shortcuts on install), not optimal hardware detection... But I finally found an excellent distribution : Ubuntu. I tested it and finally... not stopped to use it ! This distribution is growing fastly and "supported" by a large community. I'm mainly impressed by his stability and by the Apt-Get package system which allow to install easily applications from online repositories... Currently I've seen round 17000 packages/applications available ! Well honestly there are still some problems. Whatever the distribution use and your knowledge you may have sometimes to "put your hands in the engine" but once configured it should work well !

Ubuntu has a lot of derivatives : Kubuntu (with KDE), Xubuntu (with XFCE), Edubuntu (Education oriented), Fluxbuntu (with Fluxbox), etc...

It exists numerous Linux Distributions for any use : desktop, server, security, multimedia... As I said I tested dozens of of them during last years. But there are some that interested or even impressed me more than others. Recently I was impressed by some of them. Below those I think it is worthto mention :

But also : SaxenOS, KateOS, Freespire, Puppy, Vector Linux...