I have a number of computers, but I think I’ve made my ideal choice. I am using a Slackware server, and soon I’ll just setup a barebones Windows desktop machine next to it.
Of course, I am typing this from an Ubuntu desktop (at another desk), but just for idealsies, I’ve made a separate arrangement.
Two reasons. 1. Thin desktop – I can run IE and Swing from. 2. Thick server – lets me run the server from an ideal server distro. Slackware is a completely different animal from the shrink-wrap, marketecture (got that word from xampl 
type of distro. The Debian based distros are alright, but they aren’t as hand-crafted, traditional Unix-like style, as Slackware.
Oh, I do learn and practice Swing on Ubuntu (Gnome), but the users at my co. (most businesses) have Windows desktops. So I can tweak the final result, or watch web page results on a Windows machine.
