I use ubuntu for most of my attack boxes, partly because I love apt-get for the simple stuff, but partly because it behaves so nicely with everything - windows, hardware, applications etc.
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Rory
MkIIa, blue lit buttons, memory upgrade, 1Tb in Subaru Forester STi
MkII, 240Gb in Mark Lord dock
MkII, 80Gb SSD in dock