SUSE, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Mandriva have all been mentioned.

Why have you decided to go away from Ubuntu/Debian?

I personally liked Debian when I tried it many moons ago - but, iirc, it was a massive download - way more crap than I ever needed. I'm sure there is a way to install it w/out all the crap. Of course, there's Ubuntu, based on Debian, which is what you were using. Anything that you don't like about it? I mean - if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I never cared for RedHat - it just seemed too Mickey-Mouse and bloated for me - almost like Linux emulating Windows. I've also tried Ubuntu and SUSE, but I didn't care for either - I don't remember why really - probably because it wasn't Slackware.

Slackware was the first Linux distro I used, and it's what I know. It works for what I need it to do, and I love it. Good ol' dependable Slackware. Yep.