a few years ago I put Red Hat on my laptop. I use it for making web pages and several other activities and it works just fine for my purposes.
by now, it's an "old" kernal and I should get something newer. Maybe Ubuntu. I haven't decided yet.
anyway, my system is stable - it's why I haven't changed it for so long. I never have to monkey with it. it just works. I like that. I can't so everything (it IS old, after all).
And while it's not exactly like AmigaOS, it's fun. and it doesn't blow up like windows can. the weirdest concept is that everything is a "file".