Recommended Distro for New Linux Users (2012)

I chose fedora, a lot of server are RHEL,and fedora is similar to RHEL,and use fedora can touch a lot of new software easily

Just a quick observation... but in the poll for last year, Mint lagged a little behind Ubuntu, but this year Mint seems to be really taking off and leaving Ubuntu behind. The "hits per day" chart found over at DistroWatch.com seems to be reflecting a huge increase in popularity, as well.

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Originally Posted by ozar

Just a quick observation... but in the poll for last year, Mint lagged a little behind Ubuntu, but this year Mint seems to be really taking off and leaving Ubuntu behind. The "hits per day" chart found over at DistroWatch.com seems to be reflecting a huge increase in popularity, as well.

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It's funny but no matter where I roam and no matter what distros I try and like, I always find myself back with Xubuntu at some point. Like I am now and I really thought I'd escaped this time :D

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Originally Posted by ozar

Just a quick observation... but in the poll for last year, Mint lagged a little behind Ubuntu, but this year Mint seems to be really taking off and leaving Ubuntu behind. The "hits per day" chart found over at DistroWatch.com seems to be reflecting a huge increase in popularity, as well.

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Which can be directly attributed to the "Unity sucks it, give me back my Gnome" poll, I'd wager...

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Originally Posted by atreyu

Which can be directly attributed to the "Unity sucks it, give me back my Gnome" poll, I'd wager...

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OH! SNAP! :lol::twisted::lol:

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OH! SNAP!

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err..no offense to the good people that brought us Unity. I don't even use Unity, i'm just irresponsibility regurgitating what we've all been reading for the past year!

I used to recommend Ubuntu, and ubuntu 10.04 is what I currently use, but with the recent changes, I will probably go to Lubuntu when 10.04 is no longer supported. Xubuntu, Mint debian edition, Mepis, and PClinuxOS also look great for a newcomer.

Hm... I had no idea mint was for beginners. Does look at all as easy as Ubuntu does...

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Originally Posted by PYTH0N

Hm... I had no idea mint was for beginners. Does look at all as easy as Ubuntu does...

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Actually, Mint is originally based on Ubuntu. The underlying system is very similar. There were a few things added to Mint that sometimes don't make it into Ubuntu... certain multimedia codecs, a few additional drivers.
These little details can make it far easier for a new Linux user, who is just making the switch, to get acclimated with things.

The original concept of Mint is 'buntu with all the non-free crap included and a green theme. It's a distribution I would not recommend to anyone who cares about learning what GNU/Linux, open source and free software is really about.