Anyone have any suggestions for good Linux distros?

Looking for one more developer oriented, but with a good package system (I don't want to spend 14 hours compiling Gentoo ;)).

I heard about one recently, can't think of it...

I always thought the Red Hat distro was easy to work with.

Have you tried distrowatch.com?

Red Hat is actually what I used with my old PC. I don't mind it too much, but it seems to get more and more end-user oriented, so after I install it, I have to go through and recompile a ton of stuff, and change a bunch of settings, etc.

Oh yeah, I saw the distrowatch site too, though it seemed to be more of a listing than any sort of reviews. I'll look through it further though.

Right now I'm thinking of maybe trying Debian.

Check out this page: http://lwn.net/Distributions/#lead

Ubuntu; http://www.ubuntu.com/

The most user friendly Linux around. I, personally, use it's KDE version; http://www.kubuntu.org/

(k)ubuntu is based off the Debian kernal with a bunch of solidifying patch fixes, updates, and all around piecemill additions in what makes a desktop PC a desktop PC.

If you want GNOME as your desktop, use Ubuntu. If you want KDE as your desktop use Kubuntu. They are both the exact same project. The only difference is the default desktop shell.

We used to get ours from CDROM.com.

Dunno if they still have them, but I would give them a look, if you have not already got your DL.

If you're looking for a more developer oriented distribution, why not the traditional Debian?

Debian's a server distro, hands down. It takes some work and not very user friendly when attempting to use it as a desktop.

Ubuntu and Kubuntu are actually quite developer friendly in the terms of a desktop OS as they take away the out dated packages, missing drivers, non-working applications worries and allows you to concentrate on your work.

Cool, thanks for all the suggestions and links, they're much appreciated. :)

I'll probably give Ubuntu a try and see how it works out.

Usually my reason for getting a particular version of Linux is because of oracle or other piece of software that can be induced to run on that.