I would reccomend Vista, as it is the next thing, and you will have to learn its innards sooner or later. I would also say get it only if you plan on getting the 64 bit version on a 64 bit laptop so that you can gain the extra MMU addressing that will allow you to put more than 4 gigs of ram and run higher end applicatsions, especially since vista alon can take up 2-3 gigs with little effort.
In sum, I second this so as long as you make the processor upgrade (they will likely do it for free while under your thumb).If I were you, I'd (begrudgingly) accept Vista, and install Linux on another partition.
Otherwise:
SLACKWARE
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