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Ubuntu 9.04, because of WUBI (anyone remember that?). Unstable as hell, but allowed you to run a near bare metal Linux install without the hassle of setting up dual-booting and a separate partition. Liked Ubuntu it so much that I soon replaced Windows completely. Currently running Debian, so I haven't strayed far from the family.
I ran Ubuntu 8.04 for a while, it was the unstable. I gave it another crack when 10.04 came out. I haven't looked back.
Currently running Mint, cinnamon is a great desktop
Yeah, Ubuntu 9.x here too... becuase I could use it to install MythTV