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Title: Best linux distribution for a newbie
Post by: Brekyrself on November 26, 2013, 05:37:32 am
For a linux newbie, what is a good distribution to start out with?

ubuntu?
Title: Re: Best linux distribution for a newbie
Post by: Financisto on November 27, 2013, 03:16:41 am
If you're coming from Windows, Linux Mint or Ubuntu will work for you.

After some practice with Linux, you may test OpenSUSE or Fedora.

Good luck!
Title: Re: Best linux distribution for a newbie
Post by: pvaladares on December 09, 2013, 11:59:59 pm
I would suggest Ubuntu.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download
Title: Re: Best linux distribution for a newbie
Post by: cass on December 10, 2013, 12:13:58 am
Ubuntu
Title: Re: Best linux distribution for a newbie
Post by: fav on December 10, 2013, 08:45:41 am
ubuntu, fedora, suse are fine
Title: Re: Best linux distribution for a newbie
Post by: robozombie on December 11, 2013, 04:06:13 pm
I agree with most of the posters here: Ubuntu/Linux Mint would be the right choice for anyone coming fresh out of Microsoft Windows. However, as many suggested, you'll be ok with any modern desktop Linux distribution.
Title: Re: Best linux distribution for a newbie
Post by: noobster on January 08, 2014, 11:04:34 am
you can try http://distrowatch.com/ it lists popular Linux distributions and those top ranked are mostly user friendly for beginners
also it provides basic description of the given distribution.

I'd suggest Debian or fedora since they are not that difficult and well established distributions with good documentation and lots of resources on the internet.
my personal favorite is Gentoo Linux for the outstanding documentation this project provides.
Good luck.
Title: Re: Best linux distribution for a newbie
Post by: 5chdn on January 08, 2014, 03:06:26 pm
Depends always on what you want to do with it.

If you want to understand Linux you should go for Gentoo :)

If you just want to use it like Windows or Mac, use Ubuntu or Mint.