Favorite linux distro, version 3 i think Options

[Maccabee]

Before I ever install a distro I research it to make sure im not wasting my time. Everyones ultimate goal when distro shopping is something light, good looking, user friendly, usually its best to have something with some kind of community and something you like the feel of!

For a long time i didnt think about steering away from gnome, and I didnt like kde cause normally it was more ugly but when i saw kde distros they looked more complete and I just liked the feel. I tried mandriva and it was a lot faster than ubuntu and I like it a lot. I looked at other distros like it and the top distros that I find that were very similiar were

mandriva
openSUSE
linux mint

I think i have decided those are my favorite three kde distros and Ive been liking kde better then gnome so my favorite distro is...

Linux mint!

I like the look and feel and its fast and comes with codecs(doesnt really matter) preinstalled and even though in the end many distros are so similiar I just decided I it was my favorite!

I understand if you say "tldr". Just tell me your current favorite distro.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

Mandriva and openSUSE are my favorites.

I haven't tried Linux Mint yet, but I'm going to soon. That and Red Hat. I'd like to try it.

[Maccabee]

Mandriva and openSUSE are my favorites.

I haven't tried Linux Mint yet, but I'm going to soon. That and Red Hat. I'd like to try it.

hmmm...one thing I dont really like about Mandriva and openSUSE is that they use KDE.

I mean I like KDE better especially when it looks good like it does in mandriva and openSUSE and how they both have many graphical thingies and how fast they are but I think its harder to customize how they look and stuff.
But I think if I started using linux I wouldnt really care about the customizing and stuff.


Also I was looking on the openSUSE website and I noticed that if you buy the dvd and have it shipped which costs 60 bucks you get all these features:

With this purchase, you get:

* 90-Day Installation Support (phone or e-mail).. not available from the download site
* Printed Start-up Manual
* Dual Layer DVD

Office Software

* OpenOffice.org 3.0.3
* Desktop search Beagle 0.3.8
* Tasque 0.1.7
* Catalogue database: Tellico 1.3.4
* Personal information manager: Evolution 2.24.1, Kontact 4.1.2
* Wine 1.1.6

Internet and E-mail

* Voice over IP (VoIP): ekiga 3.0.0 Linphone 2.1.1, Twinkle 1.3.2
* NetworkManager 0.7
* Peer to peer clients Bittorrent, Ktorrent and Monsoon
* Web browser: Firefox 3.0.3, Konqueror 4.1.3, SeaMonkey 1.1.12
* E-mail: Evolution 2.24.1, Kontact 4.1.2, Thunderbird 2.0.0.17
* Instant Messaging: Kopete 4.1.3, Pidgin 2.5.1, Empathy 2.24.1

Multimedia

* Banshee Music management 1.3.2, AmaroK 2.0
* Music and video player: kaffeine 0.8.7
* PulseAudio 0.9.12
* Audacity 1.3.5
* CD/DVD burner: k3b 1.0.5
* Gnash 0.8.4

Graphics

* Image manipulation program: GIMP 2.6.1
* Vector illustration: Inkscape 0.46
* Photo management: F-spot 0.5.0.3, gwenview 1.4.2, dikigkam 0.9.4S

Desktop Environments

* GNOME 2.24.1
* KDE 3.5.10
* KDE 4.1.3
* Xfce 4.4.2
* 3D desktop using Compiz Fusion
* Security
* Finger print recognition
* Intrusion prevention: AppArmor 2.3.1
* SELinux basic enablement
* SUSE Firewall
* Virus scanner: AntiVir 2.1.10.15
* Spam filter: SpamAssasin 3.2.5

Development Tools

* gtk+ 2.14.4
* Python 2.6.0

But I couldnt find a list of features that come with the DVD Iso you download for free off their site. Can anyone find it? Is it exactly the same?