What Distro are you running?

[SamwiseRed]

Everytime I get froggy and format my HD I usually try to go full time Linux user. The problem I always have with it besides gaming is that it always feels sluggish. No matter how much ram or CPU i have, Windows 7/XP always seems to run alot faster. I read that this could be due to how Win7 preloads alot of things into RAM making things faster when you access them. Anyways just wanted to know what you guys are using and if you have any advice.

Right now running Mint 16 with Cinnamon (64 bit). it is not too bad but it just feels sluggish at times. it does run TF2 decently (just horrid load times) so i cant complain. I am thinking about switching back over to Ubuntu or maybe something new.

Note: Id like it to run steam games with as minimal problems as possible so i will probably be using some form of ubuntu no matter what. I will also be using this distro for java development. i dont think the java thing will be a problem with any distro but maybe there is one who has a few perks over the others for it?