Who is it for, what kind of user are they, and what do they want to do? There are many "third choices" (and some first & second choices) depending on the answer. For me, I would have to go with Mandrake. Leo J Mauler wrote: I know nearly everyone here is a Debian or a SuSE devotee, but if you had to use a distro other than those two, what would your third choice be? Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.