I've decided to install Linux on a hand-me-down laptop I just got. I'm debating which one to install and since everyone here is pretty smart I thought I'd see what you all recommend. The only requirement I have is that it's free.
What do you use?
Now, the bad thing about Kubuntu is that the out-of-the-box experience could be better. You actually have to install support for proprietary codecs and things like that yourself (but it's easy).
A final thing: I've experienced the FreeBSD ports system, the NetBSD pkgsrc system, the OpenBSD ports system and, while they're all good systems, I have to say that the apt system shipped with (k)Ubuntu is by far the best. It just works.