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)

>>5
Yup, I'm Kaif at the bottom there :)

So ATI cards are a big no no as far as Linux is concerned I take it? I'm a bit screwed there then because I just recently upgraded and don't have the money for a new card just yet (plus, it seems like such a waste to upgrade now).

I'll have a look at SUSE, heard very good things about it (and the logo is cool).