Which Distro is the one to go with If one has never dabbled in Linux. Keeping in mind that once I do get the hang of it I can always upgrade to something more advanced. but for now I want to learn which would mean something that is more straight forward and easy to grasp.
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spikeb
16 years 30 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago
I'd have to go with fedora or ubuntu.
spikeb
16 years 30 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago
the only real gripe I have with
the only real gripe I have with recommending fedora to newbies or the like is that it is a pain in the butt to upgrade
dehumanizer
16 years 30 weeks 23 hours 10 min ago
Slackware, Slackware, Slackware! Did
Slackware, Slackware, Slackware!
Did I mention Slackware? :-)
saftaplan
16 years 30 weeks 18 hours 10 min ago
You can get more advanced with
You can get more advanced with pretty much any distro. I would advise Ubuntu, and if you think you're confident enough with it, try installing Debian, or maybe Gentoo (it's really not that hard if you don't mind reading much).
spikeb
16 years 30 weeks 17 hours 34 min ago
you have an excellent point. gentoo
you have an excellent point. gentoo is not hard at all if you don't mind reading the documentation - it's very very well documented.