Which Linux is good for beginners?

Hi,

I want to learn Linux, and plan to put visual machine on my notebook,
I don't know which one should I start with,

My bud told me to use Fedora,
And I have seen people say Ubuntu because I will get a easier to use Debian in the future.

Thanks

 

If you'd like something easy to use, I think PCLinOS 2007, or Ubuntu will work well for you. If you truly want to learn Linux, that's a different story, knight. Gentoo, Slackware, Arch - something along those lines - will force you to do a lot more work in order to use the OS, and you'll learn much more about Linux. FWIW, I use Ubuntu.

 

Ubuntu and / or Debian is very easy to start with.

 

I've been using Redhat forever but switched to Ubuntu. It really is easy to use. Once you learn any Unix, Debian or Sys-V, it doesn't matter it's very easy to switch between them.

The new Ubuntu release is next week, it's a good time to try it out.

 

For beginners i'd say Ubuntu or openSuSE

 

Try PCLinuxOS.

 

Thanks for your replies,
Other question,
is it easy for Linux system to update, with a downloadablt package?
Or I need to re-install the newer OS?

 

Ubuntu is easy to update. A balloon pops up on the top of your screen with a orange icon that you click on and launches the update manager. It just takes one more click to have it go out and install all the updates it needs.

As for new versions, it is handled by the same update manager.

When you go to download Ubuntu I would recommend getting Gutsy(7.10) rather then Feisty(7.04) because your wifi card wont work right out of the box with Feisty. Gutsy is in beta right now though, and it won't be out for 8 days.

 

Thanks, Tailic.
It is very nice to know that Feisty won't support my intel wireless N card. I wait wait 8 days for Gutsy!

 

Haha, I can't wait either, release party on the harbour baby!

 

I'm stoked for Gutsy. It will replace my Vista partition, and it will be nice to get back into Linux again. I haven't had Ubuntu on my computer for months now, and was starting to go crazy.

 

Just install it then. I've got it running on 3 machines, 2 of which run Compiz-fusion. Works flawlessly