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Re: Recommended Linux Distro

said by joetaxpayer See Profile :

I have a PC which I'd like to re-purpose to run Linux.
Which distro is the one currently considered most popular?
That'd be Ubuntu. »www.ubuntu.com/

I answer that in the sense of 'considered' because there are other very large deployments of other distros but Ubuntu is probably the most common for the average person installing somethign on their own. The offical forums and casual support in other places seems a bit ... overwhelmed with young people.(put nicely)

I don't recommend it because I run Kubuntu »www.kubuntu.org/ but I've always ran KDE so it's just easiest right now for me and lets me get some of the newest KDE software. It's the same base system with a different desktop and default applications. It allows more of a 'get it your way' kind of attitude instead of being stuck with what someone else gives you.

FYI the Distrowatch ranking is going to tell you what other people like yourself that got directed to go look at it are clicking through to. Kind of a "i don't know anything about distros and haven't used one" popularity ranking. I'm not a fan, but the site will list out most of the distros.

You're probably not going to get much more diversity than you get in this forum as far as people using different distros and talking about it in the same place. Most other sites are distro specific or separate the flavors.
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