I am new to computer and computer also. I was planned to shift from windows to Linux. I have made a research. There are many distribution out there. I don't know which one to chose. I want install a Linux OS which give me convenience, powerful and less trouble. Please give your advice to newbie and many others. Thanks for your help.

Kubuntu
http://www.kubuntu.org/

Uses KDE desktop, one CD install works both as a live and Install CD. Be wary it is a bit bloated.

Mandriva
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/en/downloads/mirrors

PCLinuxOS .92
http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/dist...glish/preview/
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distr...glish/preview/

This is the distro I use and recommend, Why because it works right out of the box. No need to configure Everything, everything just works. It also comes as a 1 CD install that is a live CD that you can install later if you wish.

BeatrIX
http://www.watsky.net/download.html

Mephis
http://www.mepis.org/

Vector Linux 4.3
http://www.vectorlinux.com/

DSL
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

Puppy Linux
http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=3

Slackware
http://www.slackware.com/

SLAX Live CD
http://www.slax.org/

BeatrIX
http://www.watsky.net/

Elive:
http://www.elivecd.org/

you can find more here

http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributi...Distributions/
http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/Floppy/

if your still unsure of the distro Try these Distro choosers:

http://eedok.voidofmind.com/linux/chooser.html
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/

hope this gives you a start

Jake

Thanks for your help
I feel better understanding about Linux

Try Ubuntu, it's the best distro for newbie.

Thanks for your valuable opinion. I will try Ubuntu after i have install it. By the way, what distribution are you using now?

You could search the 80 gazillion threads that have already asked this question....

Just for entertainment puproses, alot of it depends on YOUR PC, YOUR hardware, so what "just works" for me "out of the box", may not work for you w/o ton of configuring, driver installs, etc. ATI video cards give some distros a lot of problems, others, it gives no problem at all.

I love Ubuntu 6.10, but I know there's some out there that don't like it. I hate Mandriva 07 and the newest version of PCLinuxOS, both gave me hardware problems that I couldn't get figured out. I love the older versions of Mandriva and PCLinuxOS, they both worked *almost* 100%. The only reason I switched from those two, was because I couldn't get my TV card configured, now it works perfectly under Ubuntu, with a little configuration, under every version of Ubuntu I've tried.

You're gonna get 100 different opinions(if enough people respond) in a thread like this, and you're head will be ready to explode from options. Go to http://www.distrowatch.com and do some research and see what you think will work for you.

Here's a good Linux wiki should you decide to go Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu.
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Edgy

IGF