Perfectly happy with Kanotix/Kororaa at the moment, but new release seems to be getting a big thumbs up from reviews.

http://madpenguin.org/cms/html/47/6899.html
http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=Install-apt4suse

Good ole Suse. If I had a spare box Id likely install it. Their installer has been a bit of sex for 6+ years. I remember the first time I saw it after suffering Win98, it seemed so much more advanced with the pretty lizards and such.

i will not stray from ubuntu.

i fear it might break my head if i change anything now...

Its just another flavor is all.

I get along fine with Suse and Fedora as long as Im able to set up apt4rpm with good sources.

Its generally a bit slower than Ubuntu or Fedora, but its easy enough to tweak if youre not scared of editing the runlevels.

Suse, when properly cooked, is pretty tasty.