Newbie oriented Linux

[frover2000]

Looking to try an alternative to windows, so i thought i'de give linux a shot, just wondering what the best, free relatively easy to install distribution is.

 

[spherrod]

There's loads out there - Fedora Core is quite easy to setup but personally I prefer Ubuntu

 

[P0ldy]

Usually the top 5 on distrowatch.

Right now...

1 Ubuntu
2 Mandriva
3 Fedora
4 MEPIS
5 SUSE

 

[Enfer Singe]

Originally posted by: P0ldy
Usually the top 5 on distrowatch.

Right now...

1 Ubuntu
2 Mandriva
3 Fedora
4 MEPIS
5 SUSE

these are all really good choices, and all of them have pretty painless installs. You should read the Dual Boot thread, because there is some good info in there. For an easy introduction, try one of the live cd's which simply run off of a cd and don't touch your hard drive.

 

[Joemonkey]

i would recommend downloading the 30 day trial of vmware workstation and using ubuntu