Linux Distro? (don't troll plz)

Hello world4ch,
I'm new to Linux blah blah, I tried to install Ubuntu without much success (I get a "failed to load X server" error and get dumped back into command line).

Would like suggestions to alternatives to Ubuntu please, meaning, a nice beginner distro which has a good community support.

Danke.

(no "use BSD" or bullshit replies like that, it's not relevant to my interests)

I'd like you to post your hardware if possible. Ubuntu failing to install properly is pretty rare.

As for distros, try SUSE 10. Pretty damn nice desktop.