I'd like to make two points about these threads.

First, we have several already, so they're redundant. Maybe we should put the main points from them in the wiki; a flamewar in a stasis field, so to speak...

Second, I really don't think they do much good. Everyone's biased to their favorite distros, so unless you really want to simply choose the most popular choice, it seems like a waste of time.

Oh, and I use slackware, and if you're decently cool with Linux overall from the tablet, you shouldn't have any problem, but Debian might make sense to keep the same distro, or if you are (wrongly) intimidated by the famed "difficulty" of slackware. I don't like Ubuntu, and I developed a passionate hatred for Mandrake (haven't used it since before it went to Mandriva, but I'm real good at holding a grudge), so there. Now I've done my share of time-wasting advice-dispensing.