which linux distro?

Right now I'm using Ubuntu and Windows but I hate 11.04 so much and I have no need for windows anymore. I was wondering which distro you use or prefer and maybe a quick reason why? I'd like some good suggestions as to which best fits me. The best way to describe my situation is I know more than the average person about programming, OS, and computers in general, but definitely not as much as some of you gurus. All help is appreciated. Thank-you.

TLDR: Which linux distro and why?

>>1
Just use 11.04 and switch to the classic 2D GNOME interface. Problem fucking solved.

>>2 Oh wow. I didn't even think to do that. Well I'm doing that now haha. But I'm still interested in the other types of linux. I feel like linux is the know nothing about computers man's linux. Which I might clearly fall under haha. Thanks though.

Arch Linux with XFCE for your DM, or if you don't mind a bit proprietary software like drivers/browser plugins, go with Linux Mint XFCE, which is based off of a rolling Debian Testing base.

>>2, 3
Gnome 2 is going to removed from 11.10, so it's only a temporary solution.

>>5
It will still be in the repos. Hell, you could just install XFCE if GNOME 2 gets completely "deprecated".

On another note, do UI developers really have absolutely no sense of usability at all? Ever since Windows 2000 and KDE3, all major operating systems have done nothing but regress in terms of usability. What the fuck.

Also, NEVER do Arch Linux -- it will make your computer as prone to malware as Windows (no proper signed package manager, are those people insane?).

>>7
Unix-like Pig Disgusting.

>>6
I think what happens is that the DM/WM developers move on after a few years. They do their time and innovate, and then leave, to be replaced by other less savvy developers who fuck things up, and after a few years, they fix some of their problems and then leave and the cycle repeats.

>>7
I wasn't aware Arch Linux didn't have a signed package manager. I guess I will strictly use Linux Mint XFCE/Debian

Windows 7

>>9
Less savvy?  Even a drunk stoner could have done a better job.

>>11 back to /g/ pl0x

Lol /g/ refuses to believe there is any OS worthy of discussion other than gentoo..

read this and be gone you wretched wench! http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1353587

just stick with ubuntu; get into some kernel hacking and architecture.  wank a few at night and fall asleep soundly.
enjoy

>>1 obviously gentoo