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Originally Posted by baalajimaestro
Which Linux distribution would you recommend Sir?
B.Baalaji
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Since you haven't used any of them yet, this will be a hard question to answer:
Will you be just using it occasionally or do you think it will become something you will use on a regular basis?
Just think about that, no need to answer now.
Koppix is probably the easiest for a new user to become accustom to:
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
It is best used as a LiveCD (LiveDVD) installed on USB stick.
Debian is a very conservative distribution.
Which means two things:
It is very trouble free, hence very stable.
It is almost always 'old' software.
Probably what an active user will not find suitable.
Ubuntu is derived from Debian, but has a much faster adoption of new firmware versions.
Its installer is also very good at turning a Windows-Only machine into a dual-boot machine.
https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop
If you want a rolling distribution (updated as new software becomes available, not on a calendar schedule).
About the best of the best is OpenSuse/Tumbleweed:
https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed
https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Tum...d_installation
It is a bit 'different' than other distributions, but you are not handicapped with a past history of using something else.
Its installer is also very good at making a Windows machine share the disk space available (good at making a dual-boot machine).
Regardless of the one you pick, you will be in a 'learning mode'.
All of the above support either the KDE or the Gnome GUI (or both - this isn't Windows).
I would suggest Gnome, but even if you pick that one to install, you can still install the other at anytime.
(Then you would pick which one to run when you log-in.)
Also, all of the above each have a very comprehensive wiki/forum with lots of documentation and question/answer sections.