I started with Mandrake and RPM hell was for real that is why when I got highspeed internet I switched to Debian pretty much every dependency was in the repository just use synaptic or apt and get it. Ubuntu was pretty much the same no real dependency issues just easier to install. If Canonical gets bought up by somebody I may have to change distros depending on how they treat the OS like installing a bunch of spyware. but that seems to be a little ways away. I am thinking Solus, Manjaro, or Debian.