My current favourite is Ubuntu for desktops and laptops. Mainly because when I get a problem I am too lazy or don't have time to investigate further, I can just type the error message into google, and get a few thousand hits with idiot-proof solutions (thanks to the large and newbish userbase of Ubuntu ). It's almost as convenient as Windows .

Other than that, it's just like Debian. I think Debian has a larger apt repository, but the Ubuntu ones have everything I need, too, and I find Ubuntu a bit more polished in general.

My favorite is Ubunutu as well, but as part of the class i must do Fedora now, i already finished a complete Ubuntu Hardy Heron one as well. I did install LAMP on Fedora or AMP whatever you wanna call it using command: yum install httpd mysql php php-mysql