*does head/desk slam*

has anyone had much experience with OSDisc.com? i've gotten both desktopBSD and red hat through there but they both failed the 'media test' during install. oh, and don't even get me started on openSUSE's installer. i can't download any images since i'm on lame dialup (this is for a personal laptop of mine).
my next plan is to try ubuntu but i'm not sure if i should get it from OSDisc.com or the official ubuntu store.
any thoughts?