What is your favorite linux distro?

Arch Linux was the first distribution that I tried. It's not a good first at all but it taught me a lot about BASH and the UNIX architecture. Personally, I don't recommend it as you need quite a bit of computing background to understand it. If you don't have an I.T. background, you are just following linear instructions and you don't know why. Kind of a waste of time if you do it that way.