Another Linux Question....

That's an extremely tough question. As all Linux distributions are made for a certain type of user.

For example, if you're new to Linux, and want something easy to use, Ubuntu is a great way to go.

However, if you're a poweruser and do developing and such, Gentoo may be a better choice.

It all depends on the user, but distro's like Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Mandriva, RedHat, Debian, etc are some of the more popular ones. But they all vary very much.

It depends. My personal favorites are Ubuntu and openSUSE. I absolutely love the way openSUSE has combined KDE in its environment, and there is a patch you can download to upgrade KDE4. Here's a little rundown on these two, possibly the leaders in the Linux world right now:

Ubuntu

• CD-based
• Uses GNOME desktop environment
• Designed for computers with 256MB RAM and 4GB of HD space
• Best for a user coming straight from Windows with little Linux background
• Not too geeky (kind of like I said before)
• Good, but not huge software base
• Not a whole lot of support from other software bases

openSUSE

• DVD-based
• Uses KDE3 desktop, with an option to download KDE4 after install
• Designed for computers with at least 256MB RAM (512 recommended) and 2.5GB of HD space
• Better for someone with more Linux experience, but can be better than Ubuntu in some ways
• Sometimes gets kind of geeky (install, for instance)
• Amazingly huge software base
• Has a lot of support from other software bases

It's kind of up to you, but right now I think openSUSE is a more complete distro than Ubuntu, although Ubuntu requires less work on your system (my PC with 128MB RAM and a 500MHz Pentium III processor runs it slowly, but not with a whole lot of lag). OpenSUSE on the same PC is a little slower, but bearable.

http://polishlinux.org/choose/quiz/

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Choosing_a_Linux_distribution

If you never used a Computer, maybe a Gnome based distro with lots of available packages and that works out of the box is the best choice (ex: Ubuntu/Debian).

If you used Windows before maybe a KDE3/4 based distro with lots of available packages and that works out of the box is for you (ex: Kubuntu/OpenSuse/?Linspire?/?Freespire?)

If you have an "oldie" a light desktop is the best (although you may not have all the packages you want) (Ex: DSL/?Vector?/Puppy)

If you're a *nix expert, then you want a low acceptance desktop in which you have to compile everything and you may need lots of work to get it running decently (the hardest way, but with the best results) (Ex:? Fedora/Slackaware ?) (Only recommended for someone who at least has compiled a kernel without help online or not)

Anyway, you may want to read this.