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Fedora, Redhat, Knoppix i have used are very good one's

i hear suse is good

uzunov, Ubuntu would be the best choice for a start.

Debian all the way!

Or gentoo. But I use debian, so that's personal preference I suppose.

right if you can use a debian you can use almost every distribution, debian is so easy to cause of the apt super cow powers xD GNU/linux Debian the universal OS

Well if you must go with Linux, I'd recommend FedoraCore. It's a continuation of RedHat, but for non-commercial use. The user-base is very large and the update cycle is good. I also like their distribution scheme and option to download and install your upgrades.

But my recommendation for advanced users is and always be FreeBSD. Unparalleled security and stablility (from the original UNIX days this has been proven kernel for such a long time). Plus it's a better philosophy about licensing and such.

Gentoo.
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As some of the others have said - ubuntu is great for beginners. It has had some great reviews and also a new update (i think) will be avaliable in the next couple of months too.

The community is also great as they have a really big support network for new users with their forums and irc network.

well ubuntu is good for beginners in the sense its compact & very very easy to install.
where as ohher popular distros like fedora & suse thinks' the more the merrier' ; ubuntu includes only the necessary tools.
It depends on what u r going to do with ur distro basically.