[Justawind]

I have been wanting to migrate away from the Microsoft world and into a Linix world. I have never played with linix so I was wondering what a good falvor would be to learn on? Redhat? Mandrake? Thanks!

[WARnux]

Debian - so simple.
Second choice: Kubuntu

[playme123]

also try a live cd which would let you try a operating system before you actually install it.

[briealeida]

I second that. Testing this out with a Live CD is almost a must for Linux newbies these days.

They're easiliy downloadable from: iso.linuxquestions.org

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by Justawind

I have been wanting to migrate away from the Microsoft world and into a Linix world. I have never played with linix so I was wondering what a good falvor would be to learn on? Redhat? Mandrake? Thanks!

PCLinuxOS
It has a live cd as well as all tools & instructions to partition, format and install to hd.

[playme123]

what ever you decide to go for dont do what I did load ubuntu and expect it to just work like windows, look into different distros and see if which one would suit you best, burn a couple of live cd and try them out. Then if you like the look of one go into the forum related to that one. Ask questions if you are using a lappy see if your wirless card will run with linux and so forth. Ive been usuing ubuntu for a couple of weeks and I love it, however ive still got alot to learn as am totally new to linux. Google and wiki will be your bible. However if you are using a desktop pc and are just going to surf the web, listen to music would recommend ubuntu. Would also recoment using a distro that is the newest version of what it is as you will get more support.
Good luck

[emoric]

I have a tendency to spell it as 'Linix' also. Ha, silly.

Good luck and have fun!

[its_me_gb]

also i recomend doing as much research into your graphics card and it's available linux drivers aswell, it will save you alot of headaches with the xserver