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Hi, I'm new to linux. I wanted to install linux but i have a problem. The problem is that there are several number of linux distributions. I cant select which ...
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    rajatmendus
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    Which linux distribution?

    Hi, I'm new to linux. I wanted to install linux but i have a problem. The problem is that there are several number of linux distributions. I cant select which one to use. Well I wanted to go forward in linux. Please suggest me a linux distribution which is good for beginners in all aspects.
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    Try the Distro quiz, it's amazingly good.
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    Heh! Mint was #1 and Debian #2.

    Currently on LMDE so I'd say that was pretty damn accurate
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    I'm with ya on that test, guys!
    I've gone through it a couple of times over the last few years, and it always gives me a good result. I ran through again just now, and it gave me Mint, Fedora ,Slack and Gentoo.

    I've used all but Gentoo, but I figure I can switch that out for my CRUX experiences, so it's fair!
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    Rajat,

    You call yourself a Linux n00b but I could see somewhere in a post mentioned by you that you are already a RHCE and have an experience on Linux.
    So If you are asking for a desktop OS for making your computing life easier, my 2 cents would go for Linux Mint (Ubuntu based or Debian Edition, whatever you feel good after reading about them) and install any RedHat based distro- Fedora/SL/CentOS as a VM over it to keep up your further studies over it.

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    Thanks all.......well I'm a certified RHCE and RHCSS too. I just wanted to play with other linux distributions....other than RHEL

    Thank you all
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    Go to distrowatch.com and search for beginner distro's. You will see a number of choices which you can download and burn an ISO disk. Use the disk as a live cd to try the different distro's and see which one you like best. Hint: use cd-rw so you can reuse the ones you decide you don't like. When you dicide which one you like best install it to your computer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MASONTX View Post
    Go to distrowatch.com and search for beginner distro's. You will see a number of choices which you can download and burn an ISO disk. Use the disk as a live cd to try the different distro's and see which one you like best. Hint: use cd-rw so you can reuse the ones you decide you don't like. When you dicide which one you like best install it to your computer.
    Thanks MasontX and all others
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