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Ubuntu is the way to go
Submitted By: AndrewTheTechie ( 50 days, 6 hours, 41 minutes ago )
One of the best distros to learn on right now has to be Ubuntu, especially if you are looking for ease of install and dualboot. I wouldn't go with one of the newest flights, perhaps look for 5.0 Breezy Badger install discs. Anoyher good way to go might be with a live cd. There are many to choose from, but the most well known is Knoppix, which is based on Debian (the same as ubuntu)
Submitted By: Sean
Someone should answer this with a link to that website that has that survey that dertimines which linux distro is best for you. Can't seem to google it myself
Submitted By: MaLaCoiD
I was in the same situation as you 2 months ago. I got a new laptop and wanted to dual boot to get familiar with Linux. Ubuntu Breezy was easy to install, and I like how you can't login as root. I had to install gcc, but the apt-get Synaptic package manager is a snap. My only problem is using the 802.1x networks at the U of Utah.
Submitted By: MaLaCoiD
I was in the same situation as you 2 months ago. I got a new laptop and wanted to dual boot to get familiar with Linux. Ubuntu Breezy was easy to install, and I like how you can't login as root. I had to install gcc, but the apt-get Synaptic package manager is a snap. My only problem is using the 802.1x networks at the U of Utah.
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Ubuntu
Submitted By: wilso027 ( 50 days, 6 hours, 39 minutes ago )
Long time Linux user here and I love Ubuntu. It is one of the best out there right now. You can use the LiveCD that can be downloaded to give their system a test run and make sure all of your peripherials are going to work. Give it a shot and ask away on the questions we need more Linux Q&A on the site. You can get Ubuntu from here: http://www.ubuntu.com/
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SUSE
Submitted By: infinite ( 50 days, 6 hours, 38 minutes ago )
I personally like suse, it works for both personal and professional useage ... however you can always try out live CDs ... almost every distro have a live CD .. download it, burn it and try it ... simple
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we've been through different distributions ove
Submitted By: geek1701 ( 50 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes ago )
In 1994 we started with Red Hat. When the changes their pricing structure, we tried SUSE, Mandrake, and then Knoppix live CD to install Debian. We now use Ubuntu/Debian almost exclusively. There's no real difference between desktop and server distrobutions. I've found most admins want a GUI desktop on the admin console when they are in a hurry. Installs like Knoppix or Ubuntu will auto detect most hardware. Both have live CDs that you can boot off with out installing
Submitted By: geek1701
Ubuntu is Best Choice (my last answer was a little long)
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SimplyMepis
Submitted By: dev ( 50 days, 4 hours, 9 minutes ago )
I use SimpleMepis on my laptop as it is currently the only distro of the many I've tried (Fedora, SuSE, Ubuntu, Slackware, Gentoo, etc.) that I can configure to work with my full wide screen resolution, video card, sound card and built-in wireless card without much hassle. I've got it to dual boot fine with a copy of Windows XP.
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PCLinuxOS
Submitted By: mbgb14 ( 50 days, 5 hours, 28 minutes ago )
Yeah, sure, not alot of people like it, but I sure do. I've even donated to it to get access to their premium servers
Submitted By: mbgb14
What the hell? I can't use Firefox!
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Puppy
Submitted By: cructacean ( 50 days, 1 hour, 57 minutes ago )
Puppy Linux makes other distros look like slow, cumbersome, bloatware http://www.zen45800.zen.co.uk/puppy3/index.htm How good is it? "Watch this space. We predict that Puppy Linux is going to be very big, while remaining small, fast and elegant." http://www.itreviews.co.uk/software/s356.htm
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Interesting that I'm seeing alot of distro's
Submitted By: cmdrwhitewolf ( 289 days, , 28 minutes ago )
But nobody has yet recommended Debian.  I've tried Ubuntu, SUSE, Puppy, Linspire, Red Hat, Fedora Core Slackware, Knoppix, Mandriva(and mandrake), Damn Small, Gentoo, and a few you've probably never even heard of (like redmond linux, and gamerix) and found them to be lacking in some fashion.  (Most often in installability to the various pc's I'm in contact with.)

Debian's been the most rock solid of all those that I've used, and seems to be the simplest to get installed via a network install cd.  Plus I've found Apt to be fairly handy fcr CLI application installs, so I'd recommend it over the other distros. But, YMMV...