What are some suggestions for a UNIX-like OS for my laptop?

[cipher_42]

So after buying a laptop to take with me for a semester abroad, I now have two computers and I wanted to do something fun with one of them. Hence, I'm thinking about putting some sort of UNIX-based OS on my laptop (I had my desktop dual-booting Fedora Core 3 and XP for a while, but that didn't pan out). The problem is, there are so many of them out there to choose from and I really know next to nothing about most of them. Any suggestions?

 

[neutrino]

http://distrowatch.com

 

[cipher_42]

http://distrowatch.com

Thanks for the link; just what I was looking for!