Linux distros: which one to try out?

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I find type 3 a little to condescending. I think an OS can change a person. But if the OS has a hard time getting installed because it is incompatible with the hardware or the boot loader of the install is seldom limited or lacks support for some configs, you end up like me: Removing Ubuntu 8.04 after a failed install, and loading the Windows CD in the recovery console mode to type "fixboot C:".

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/termsf/p/fixboot.htm

Nah, free OSes will always have trouble with the masses. But I will install Linux, but Ubuntu's install system seems iffy on some system configurations (like mine). Fedora 9 is next.