I just tried the ubuntu livecd and was impressed. It's a really well developed, secure Linux distro. I like what they are doing with linux. The install was a bit more than the regular joe would want to get involved with... *I think they need a better silent install, but other than that, there was nothing that I'd say was terribly wrong or bad.

Sorry to bring up a thread from the grave but I thought I would try Ubuntu out. I don't like Gnome all that much... I'd prefer KDE. But Gnome I could get used to.