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Hi to All,

I am new user of Linux, I need guide that which Linux OS is suitable for new user and which one is light for using Linux

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azeem

asked 04 Apr '11, 00:50

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my suggestion s that UBUNTU always tha best one to chose for a beginner

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answered 05 Apr '11, 06:06

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Linux divided into 2 family: Redhat based and Debian based, Redhat based same as : Fedora, Suse and Debian Based same as : Ubuntu, maemo They differ between : (inetd,xinet)-(apt,yum)-(hotplug,kudzu) and etc, Of course at first yo need start with which of them same of debian or fedora.after that switch to next.

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answered 08 Apr '11, 12:56

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You'll like this timeline: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Gldt1009.svg

(09 Apr '11, 07:21) Jazz ♦

Actually there are three, you forgot the oldest branch : Slackware - whose most famous members are Slackware itself and openSUSE/SUSE (The latter uses RPM-packages but is a derivative of Slackware).

The Redhat family also has a newer member called MeeGo (Derivative of Moblin)

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answered 08 Apr '11, 23:31

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