Which is the Best Linux OS ? Redhat | ManDrake …. etc?
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 at
02:51
Hello there …
I was thinking about Switching to Linux (Putting in Mind that Im a Windows User 
)
so I saw many Names and Versions for Linux…
Like Redhat,Mandrake …. etc …
So i want to know what the differences are between the Different Linux Products ..
and Which one Should I use ??
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Filed under: Mandrake
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Red Hat and such are for advanced users, you would have too much trouble using it.
You’d want Ubuntu:
http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download
It’s the most user friendly and it’s easy to set up and it can run along with Windows ( dual booting screen it’ll set up automatically. )
Generally there are no real differences between distributions of Linuxes except they are more inclined for other uses.
openSUSE is the best in my opinion for new users to start with linux.
http://en.opensuse.org
As an absolute beginner I would recommend you star with an easy distro like Mandriva or Linspire. I wouldn’t recommend Fedora or Ubuntu because those distros won’t have good support for Java and ATI and Nvidia graphics cards.
openSUSE is also a very good distro but has a tad steeper learning curve than Mandriva or Linspire — but it is still quite easy to use.
Thomas