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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 regards. azeem  | 
                
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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. You'll like this timeline: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Gldt1009.svg 
                
                
                
                
                
                (09 Apr '11, 07:21)
                Jazz ♦
                
             
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                                     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)  |