The best Linux distributions for beginners

[Zibago]

+1 for Ubuntu.

It is really the easiest distribution for beginners.

This post was powered by ubuntu 16.04 LTS

I am still using 12.04

 

[Louiq XIV]

I am still using 12.04

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

 

[Zibago]

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

i have a usb in which i have 14.04 i tried it later i decided in not upgrading till Une Janvier Deux-Mill Seize
This is last year for Cannocial support of 12.04 i think

 

[Louiq XIV]

12.04 precise pangolin was a LTS. It will be supported till April 2017 so you have time ;-)

 

[gambit]

Linux Mint is good for everyone, not just beginners. I have been a linux-er for about 10 yrs. I am the typical 'distro hopper'. I have not gone as far as gentoo where I have to compile my own kernel and install everything from base, I could have if I wanted to be that hardcore. There are some gentoo based distros but I recommend sabayonlinux from Italy. Those guys did a great job.

Many experienced IT and CS pros use Linux Mint is because once they are at home, they do not want to mess with the computer and they do not want to use Windows. Linux Mint is the better alternative because it just simply works. According to my 'uptime' return, my Linux Mint desktop have been running for 139 days without a single glitch.

 

[war&peace]

I guess all of us missed the point. Whether it is Ubuntu, Mint or RH, all are equally easy if you want limit yourself to certain type of tasks like a normal windows user. But one can do a lot of advanced stuff even with Ubuntu since the kernel is open and customisable but only if you know what you are doing...Either you can enhance it or destroy it.

 

[newb3e]

I am usng light weight version of ubuntu Kubuntu

 

[RazaGujjar]

Ubuntu is the easiest. Beginners should start with debian.

Im writing this on a chromebook running galliumos, a debian based distro.

 

[faisal6309]

I hate Ubuntu and most Linux distributions based on it. Linux Mint is better than Ubuntu. More stable too. Debian is most stable Linux distribution I have ever used but it is too much user dependent. Means it requires user to do everything instead of doing stuff itself. I am not advance user but I am certainly an experienced user and I have handled Debian with ease but I like to be served for free instead for serving myself. So now I am back to Linux Mint.
Fedora was great too if it had support for non-free stuff and no new kernel and just bug fixes in LTS kernel.

I use mostly Window software in Ubuntu via wine(very frustrating it took me two days ti get dreamweaver running properly)so i didnt feel the lack of software to be a problem but i didnt find any of the native to be problematic

Btw unity is a pretty neat interface it just needs time getting used to

Unity sucks. The real neat desktop is KDE 5. It is full of features still it doesn't look like it is taking a lot of space on screen. Also I hate people who use wine. Just use Linux native software like Sublime Text 3 on Linux for HTML and PHP. Or use BlueGriffon, Eclipse or Netbeans if you want IDE.

+1 for Ubuntu.

It is really the easiest distribution for beginners.

This post was powered by ubuntu 16.04 LTS

This post is powered by Linux Mint 17.3 because I have AMD GCN 1.0 GPU which doesn't work very well with open source drivers.

Linux Mint is good for everyone, not just beginners. I have been a linux-er for about 10 yrs. I am the typical 'distro hopper'. I have not gone as far as gentoo where I have to compile my own kernel and install everything from base, I could have if I wanted to be that hardcore. There are some gentoo based distros but I recommend sabayonlinux from Italy. Those guys did a great job.

Many experienced IT and CS pros use Linux Mint is because once they are at home, they do not want to mess with the computer and they do not want to use Windows. Linux Mint is the better alternative because it just simply works. According to my 'uptime' return, my Linux Mint desktop have been running for 139 days without a single glitch.

May be you don't have proprietary hardware or want to mess with your system. Believe me, Linux Mint can also have glitches. I am using it. Only distro that worked very well for me without glitches was Debian (stable).

 

[SleepingLion]

Ubuntu
Fedora
Debian
Susi

But I will go with Ubuntu as it's the most popular opensource Unix platform and you can easily find a lot of support and forums for it.

 

[Hareeb]

Im using Ubuntu and Redhat from the past 4 years, and I find Ubuntu is far more interesting and easy to use. Its just love.

 

[Bashido]

Jani kali bhool gaye

Kali is for network security tools