Linux OS which one ???

[Akileus]

Ubuntu should be a good starting distro , it has a huge and very active community , and is pretty "easy to use"...

[xantra]

ubuntu... so easy to get up and running... easier than starting installing windows from scratch

[dimutri]

I didn't have any experience with linux and i found ubuntu very user friendly so i would definetely recommend it

[tonystark]

kubuntu

[Funkin']

What are the main differnces between Ubuntu and Kubuntu. And does everything that is used in or for Ubuntu work with Kubuntu?

I used Ubuntu before for a while, then switched to LinuxMint. But I'm now I'm wanting to go back to Ubuntu. But...if there's any advantages of Kubuntu, then maybe I'll go with that.

I'll just check it out on a LiveCD and see how it is for myself, but wouldn`t mind reading your guys' opinions of the two.

[FX2908]

Try Ubuntu, it's the most user friendly of them... and it's fun to play with

The new version is released in a few days (31 Oct if i recall).

[Funkin']

Thanks. I just went ahead and re-installed Ubuntu 8.04. I'm updating to 8.10 right now. I made a separate partition just to test out distro's. So I'm going to through Kubuntu on it soon and see how it is. After that I'm going to try out Debian and Fedora. Although I think those are more of "advanced" distros and might not suit me very well.

[Artemis]

Ubuntu is based on Debian, so the command structure is virtually identical. Fedora is another branch of Linux based on RedHat and so uses different install tools and some commandlines. If you are comfortable with Ubuntu then Debian will seem very much the same. As for Kubuntu it just uses the KDE desktop environment (which I personally prefer) rather than Gnome, but my own current favorite distro is LinuxMint Elyssa which is a variation of Ubuntu, but has some handy extra utilities and some specialised artwork.

[RD22S]

ubuntu or debian. it's what i started with.

[aturservice]

I went with Ubuntu and works great