I am aiming to run a Linux Distro alongside my Windows installation. I have chosen a few Distros, but I have no clue as to which is better. My choices are Ubuntu 12.05, Linux Mint 13, Ultimate Edition 3.3, and Debian.

 

I have a 64 bit processor, 6 GB of ram, and am running a laptop. The make and model: Asus G73Jh.

 

I want something with eye candy, isnt as slow as windows, doesnt require loads and loads of constant updates, doesnt have loads of bugs and issues, i dont care if it is difficult to use.

 

But, out of the 4 distros i listed above, which do you consider to be the best? I do plan to do some low level programming, and understand that I can use Wine to run many Windows programs. I also aim to run a IW4M server off of my laptop, and have no clue to as if that is possible when running a Linux distro.

...You didn't just say ''linux'', did you?

 

Ubuntu/Mint if you want nice driver compatibility and something that's easy to use.

Debian if you want to run a distro with only free software.

Never heard of Ultimate Edition 3.3.

Arch Linux if you are a hipster.

Fedora if you want something like Red Hat Linux

Gentoo if you're a basement dwelling neckbeard.

Haiku if the penguin is too heavy to lift.

 

Nobody can tell you which is the best distro, it's all opinions.

Depends in what you want to do with it...

Depends in what you want to do with it...

^This. BTW Backtrack Kde