Linux Mint: Debian Edition. Love mint's cinnamon DE, and the plus of being away from Canonical's shenanigans is great. It's been stable and my daily driver for months now.
I'm right with you. I started with Ubuntu Feisty Fawn in 2007, and I've tried a bunch of distros since then. Mint requires the least amount of fussing with out of the box for standard functionality. I've also recently moved to the Debian Edition and very happily. I believe it is the future of Mint.