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Old 03-17-2004, 07:36 PM   #1
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What distro for a newbie?


Hello all. I am a complete newbie and I am really eager to get my hands on Linux. My question is what is the *best* distro for a newbie? I need a easy, GUI based install, because I had a hard time installing Mandrake.

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Old 03-17-2004, 07:39 PM   #2
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Red Hat 9.0 has a nice, graphical installer which I found helpful.
 
Old 03-18-2004, 02:55 AM   #3
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Try SuSE, it's a good distro.
 
Old 03-18-2004, 05:23 AM   #4
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There are a huge number of threads which discuss this question on the boards already. I would suggest you use the Search function and also check out our Reviews section. Ultimately though, the best distro is whichever one you feel is best - the only way to find out is to download a few and test them.
 
  


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