Mint MATE. Mint because I'm lazy. It uses a Ubuntu LTS kernel. It also has provision for including practically all of the necessary proprietary codecs and peri

Mint MATE. Mint because I'm lazy. It uses a Ubuntu LTS kernel. It also has provision for including practically all of the necessary proprietary codecs and peripheral drivers without me having to install them all separately. MATE because it is spartan GUI and doesn't add too much cruft.