mepis/linux vs. other distrobutions

i am relativley new to linux, but i have tried the following distrobutions; mandrivia 10.1, suse 10.1, debian, damnsmallinux 3.0, slax, puppy, knoppix, linspire, freespire, vector 5.1, pc linux, arch linux, zenwalk 3.0, ultima slackware 11, ubuntoo, and kabuntoo. so far, i have not found anything that compares to mepis 6.0. mepis is easy to install, seems to be straight forward. i would just like to say keep up the good work, i think mepis is the best. i am kind of confused about all of the attention that novell is getting.