Ubuntu for my personal desktop (just botched a 12.04 upgrade - had a power failure in the middle of it... was too lazy to actually hook up my UPS prior to this. Time to start over), CentOS for all my servers.

Honestly though, I still use Windows 99% of the time. 7 at home, and XP at work.

 

I do (and have) for many years run Linux as my primary OS of choice. Yes, I am in the tech industry, but even in college I used it for all my coursework , played games, and used it for multimedia.

 

Debian, hands down.

Ubuntu for specific purposes, granted, but Debian if possible.

 

Oracle unbreakable.

 

ftfy

 

If I want to try Ubuntu, where is the best place to start?

 

Try Wubi. Wubi will let you install a VM with ubuntu over your current windows installation. That way if you don't like it, you simply uninstall like a standard windows program

 

That or VirtualBox. All recent versions of Ubuntu desktop will let you try it without installing it (live CD).

 

Live CD's are nothing new. I was using them back in 2003 with Suse. They were one of the few distros back then that had wifi support. I would go with a live cd before I bothered with virtual box for just trying out linux.

 

Anyone remember dyne:bolic?

 

unetbootin any of em on a flashdrive! good for tools too.

 

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give it a try, but don't be upset when I come in here and start asking noob questions.

edit:

 

I too just switched to Mint Debian, and I like it quite a lot. Its not as fat as Ubuntu but still looks very nice.

 

CentOS/SUSE at work, windows/hackintosh/Gentoo at home.

 

This will be installed in my Miata sometime soon. Specs:
AMD E350
4GB DDR3
320GB WD 7200RPM
Atheros WiFi card w/ 13dbi omni + Alfa card w/ 5dbi omni
Dual boot Meego IVI + Backtrack 5

 

Going war driving huh?

 

Expensive MP3 player?

 

My favorite distro is the one I can fit on a thumbdrive and hide in the rolls of my back fat. That is how you know I am a real linux

 

if you were a real linux guy, yous build your own thumbdrive that climbed in your back fat for you

 

that is an awesome case, care to share where you go it?