Knoppix is a nice distribution that comes on a Live CD or DVD. All you have to do is pop it into your computer, and it'll auto-magically work. It makes an excellent platform for learning Linux while not screwing up your computer.
As for an "installed" distribution: Fedora Core, Mandriva, SuSE, and Ubuntu are quite friendly for new users. Each of them has their strong and weak points - just make sure to get the newest release possible. I'll push Fedora Core 5 (which is being released on the 20th) as a well-balanced option (especially since you can carry a lot of what you learn into Red Hat Enterprise Linux), but you really can't go too wrong with any of them. I would strongly recommend staying away from Slackware and Gentoo until you're a little more used to Linux. Both of these distributions have their strong points, but new user friendliness is not among them. (Unless we redefine "new user friendliness" as "must read lots of documentation to install and configure".) -DMZ On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 08:29 -0500, Cassandra Lewis wrote: > I am new to Linux and just wanted you guys opinion on which version I > should download to get started. Thanks.
