in my opinion- go for kubuntu.

it is ubuntu with kde nicely installed and configured
("apt-get install kubuntu-desktop" to turn ubuntu into kubuntu)

Some people do not like ubuntu, however it is arguably the most popular distro today, for a few reasons.
1) it is easy to use for beginners, yet is not annoying to others
2) includes the latest and greatest stable software
3) based on debian- 16,000 softwares just an "apt-get software" away
4) 6 month releases, seamlessly upgrade to new release without even a reboot
5) TONS of online documentation (www.ubuntuguide.org)

so in my opinion- go for ubuntu

EDIT: you could also do Knoppix, very well known and lots of books on it

Did as you suggested and ubuntu gets 10/10 - everything worked like a charm.

I have just one question, why Ubuntu is the best choise for me?

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Because Ubuntu fits exceptionally great with smart users!!1eleven

Does Ubuntu support Broadcom's BCM43xx wireless card? How about Compiz and XGL? Thanks.

LOL. Broadcom's support for Linux is limited. - There are Linux drivers, and it is possible to use the Windows drivers.
These are still in an early beta stage. While OpenSUSE have tweaked them AFAIK, and built them in, Ubuntu did not. However, there are loads of Howtos, i.e., this one.

HTH

Well, I have the windows drivers loaded with ndiswrapper but they won't turn on with SuSE... the ndiswrapper never starts up to let the OS know. I used Compiz and XGL with SuSE on the desktop and that was really cool. But on my laptop I haven't tried it because I'm not happy with the SuSE OS. On the laptop there seems to be a memory leak in the OS, the ACPI control of my CPU fan sucks so the laptop heats up way more than in windows so yeah I'm not happy Would like to try Ubuntu if it will simplify my life.

I wouldn't be absolutely sure about that. - It might, however, enrich your life.

BTW, I've never used Compiz, XGL and WiFi yet, so you might want to open a specific, new thread.

Good luck BTW!

After reading the following threads, IMHO, ANY linux distro is better than Window$.

For newbies i'd vote in ubuntu

I'm in the same boat, but going the opposite direction.

I installed Mandriva to take it for a test drive, and I wanted to like it, I had no issues installing it and it recognized everything, I was shocked. But then things started to happen.

Screensaver didn't work. Couldn't install GAIM. It locked up on me twice while I was configuring the resolution. Then, this morning, it wouldn't even boot up anymore. In all honesty, I think I used it for about an hour and a half, total. I wasn't impressed by the fact that it wouldn't boot - I can't remember the specific messages anymore, but it seems some files were corrupt, and I was taken to the good old "command prompt" to repair it. Yeah..thanks. I really couldn't figure out what I had done to make it so angry, all I had done during the last login was use Mozilla to look something up, then I shut it down! (properly, thank you) - anyhoo, Mandriva had its chance.

Being not impressed with the (in)stability of Mandriva, I'm looking into Ubuntu, or SuSE - torn bewteen the new kid in town, and Old Faithful. I've used Red Hat a few years back, about as fun as a stick in the eye.

I want to use KDE instead of GNOME for obvious reasons, but I know you can use KDE with Ubuntu as well. I wish someone could get me off the fence to decide which distro to use. Maybe I'll try one, to find out I'm having issues with it as well, and be forced to use the other?

Keep in mind that window users are used to easy. When any of my clients want to start
learning linux I do two things. I push up a seat at a xandr terminal and orient them, then after the terror passes I reinstill that fear by rebooting into another distro (such as Slax LOL). The thing is that in order to make linux a viable OS for people that have to be prepared for the worst case scenarios that aged linux users can handle with stride, like dep hell or the other issues that come with attempting to use linux. I have been with linux since the days when everyone was complain that this new fangled Gnome thing was just another way to try and emulate windoze, while the smart ones amongst us applauded the effort to actualy make it a pleasant experince for more people. As for which to send them home with here are two considerations.
1: What is going to reinstall faster when they break it.
2: What is going to reduce the odds of them breaking it by having more of what they want under the hood out of the box.

Oh yeah, bear in mind windoze user aren't huge fans of not being able to double click on package to install it.

I used both distros, they have both their pros and cons.
My personal experience is that ubuntu is a nice distro, pretty nice, and slick.
And suse, is a bit more "complete" (cause is has more multimedia apps, and "wraps" some 32bit apps under 64bit distro)
But suse... tend to be slower...
Ex: while in ubuntu I click on the programs menu it popped right away. But in suse I clicked, and 1 seg later the menu would pop out. I never knew why was that.

I use suse nd ive been using linux for about 4 months now, im thinking of switching because like someone said, i find it very easy to mess up. i actually find suse to be a lil buggy but i have never used n e thing other than it to compare im thinking of switching quite soon. I heard something about that if you have raid you cant do a graphical install is this true? because i am using raid nd the Suse install was a piece of cake. I am deffinately looking into getting www.ubuntustudio.com it looks really nice. I am a kde user nd i love the power of kde but i really like the work flow in gnome. Ive been thinking for a while to switch to Ubuntu nd i think ill go for it. Also as far as suse nd wifi go, i have an HP DV2000 laptop nd have no support at all for those drivers