What distro to use? (Score 1)

Back in the day, Linux was the only operating system I'd ever touch with a 10 foot pole. I dispised windows for the simple fact that it lacked power. I felt so limited to what could be done or discovered by Windows, I simply refused to use it. However I eventually fell back to Windows for the simple fact that I wanted to play games and use well known applications. It's been a while, but now I find that there are so many distrobutions to choose from, it's difficult to determine "which is best for you". Slackware used to be my favoriate, simply because it was secure and neat, but it used old libs and sorta died. Which distro is the best for you? I guess the only way you can really determine that is by trial and error, since everyone has a different preference. Some people prefer simplicity which could fall towards Redhat for example, and some prefer it "raw". I find them all very similar, however some scream that Debian owns Redhat, and vice versa. Perhaps a comparison between the distros would be an interesting touch...