I still use Ubuntu because all the hardware works on my laptop. Changing UI's is easy, changing OS's is less so. I heartily recommend XFCE with Nautilus. Sim

I still use Ubuntu because all the hardware works on my laptop. Changing UI's is easy, changing OS's is less so. I heartily recommend XFCE with Nautilus. Simple and works like a charm for quickly loading and switching applications, which is essentially all a desktop environment needs to do.