Is there a Linux distribution designed to connect to a Windows network quickly and easily out of the box?

Question

I want to be able to connect these machines to the domain and use active directory on them.

Answer 1

OpenSuse - right from the install you are able to join domain and use windows authentication.

Answer 2

I used to use Xandros and you could do it straight out of the box

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