My next Linux distro

My lil’ Microfly machine is still using Fedora 6. I’m ashamed of that but it’s just been running so well since it was built. But I am horribly out of date. So I now have the daunting task of choosing a distro for updating my machine. Here are my questions:

Do I go with 64 bit?

Do I give Geubuntu (an Enlightenment-based Ubuntu) a try?

Do I stick with Fedora?

Do I go with another disto all together?

I have been trying a number of distros lately. So far here are my thoughts.

Fedora 8: I like it but I’m growing tired of some of the quirks that Fedora has with the NVidia cards. And installing Enlightenment can sometimes be a headache. And besides - I want E17!

OpenGEU (Formerly Geubuntu): Now we’re talking. Only problem is that it’s fairly unstable. That’s due to E17. Come on Raster, get E17 stable!

gOS: This is impressive. I think this is where OSs should be going. I installed this on my wife’s laptop and she loves it. This might be the winner. Only problem I have found with it is that the little  Google widget in the middle of the desktop. That would be a nice trick if it worked. Being able to just type a search onto your desktop and have a browser open instantly with your results…nice. But, as it is it always presents you with an error. And since I can’t figure out how to configure the thing! But over all this distro is nice. Really nice. On top of all the nice shiny bells and whistles of E17, it was able to pick up every piece of hardware on the laptop that no other distro could find 100% (some could handle the video but not wireless whereas some could handle wireless but not video.)

So, tell, me what distro do you prefer and why? Give me reasons why I should try your favorite.

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