[billman]

Ubunutu LTS. I've been using Linux since the STS days (about 50 3.5 floppy disks). I used to compile my own kernels, enter clock timings for my video driver, but now I'm older and just want an OS that works.

Linux still has video driver issues, but once those things are worked out, it's pretty solid. It's still possible to screw up your bios settings, so be careful there.

For open source development projects, it has great/the best support.

UI is still bad, but I use IDEs and command line. Those things provide some consistency across all the failed window systems.