I am new new to the Linux environment and I was wondering which distribution Linux is the best to work with.

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The best distro is mine.

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Welcome.

The answer to that depends partially upon the tasks you intend to use it for. What plans do you have for the system?

If you are looking for a basic desktop, then one of the more polished, pre-packaged distros like Linux Mint can be a good choice. However, if you ask five people this question you will get at least six answers.

If you are looking for a gaming system, then probably one of the rolling release distros, like Arch or Manjaro, will keep you closer to the cutting edge.

And other distros will be better for digital audio, servers, clusters, and so on. However, at the end of the day you can generally choose on distro which has the most of what you want preconfigured and then add, remove, or change things to make it even more suitable for your work flow. It's all about customization.

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You could start by asking yourself a lot of questions. Such as:

1. Do I want stable or bleeding edge software?
2. Do I want a wide range of software alternatives or is one tool per job good enough?
3. How much eye-candy do I want on my desktop?
4. Do I want newbie-friendly above all? Or am I prepared to do a bit more work in exchange for a simpler system?
5. Do I want a running release that constantly gets upgraded or am I happy with doing a general upgrade every two years or so?
6. How much like Windows (or Mac OSX) do I want it to look?
7. How old is my computer? How much memory has it got? How big a processor?

Sort out some answers and then ask us if there is a distro that matches your real requirements.

Try some 'live' distros, & see what you like.

Linux Mint.

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The most popular distribution for home use is probably Debian stable. The most popular distribution for commercial use is probably Red Hat. The distribution that is the least complex for a new Linux user is probably Ubuntu or Linux Mint. If you want to learn the internal workings of a Linux system the best distribution is probably Slackware.

I suggest that you start with Ubuntu and then progress to your choice of Debian, Red Hat, or Slackware.

I use OpenSUSE 15.3 as my main everyday OS

it is VERY stable and very GUI centric
That is most of the terminal needs are also done with a GUI

I've been using Debian for awhile. Have managed to learn to compile a few things from source as needed and it's been a treat. There is no one best, to each their own. That being said I think you should stick with one of the bigger main distros and not a spinoff, at least too far down the line. Then you can benefit from a bigger overall presence for support and such. That would be Fedora, Debian, Slackware, Arch, Suse, Ubuntu (spinoff of Debian but arguably the biggest community available).

At the end of the day there is a secret to it though. The majority of the time the big difference is the package manager. To the average user it makes no difference what distro as they can all do anything. The only thing a distro does is pre-configure something or make something a bit easier. Example. I use Kodi all over my lan. Ubuntu I can just install from a ppa and it's done. Debian I need to compile. End result is the same, just a slightly more difficult road to get it.

Williekyas, as you see, you asked a dangerous question. If you ask it of 10 Linux users, you will get 20 answers.

Any mainstream distro should serve you well. I second fatmac's suggestion to try some Live CD/USBs and pick the one you feel most comfortable with.

My personal favorites are Debian, Mageia, and Slackware.

As stated try some live distributions or if you have a capable computer try them in virtual machines.
You should also check the different desktops.

Personally I suggest to try Linux Mint and Zorin.