Big Question, Choosing a Linux distribution Options

[Dinero]

I'm sure its very hard to say, but what is the best version of linux? I mean, I've tried to install things in linux and stuff with the whole make, make install blah blah, and have to install RPMs to allow that function to work, but have to install RPMs that allow for the installation of RPMs for the RPMs required to install the RPMs needed to install make and make install.

So its more along the lines of the easiest to use and most well designed. I've heard good things about Red hat, Fedora is pretty bad in my opinion and SUSE sucks. So far I haven't tried much, but I'm thinking of perminantly switching over, who can say what is the best?

[Corey]

This has to be the most asked question ever with regards to Linux.

Bottom line:

- it's all a matter of opinion
- it's all a matter of experience
- it's all a matter of what's available to you
- it's all a matter of trial-and-error

I'm constantly trying new distributions, which i'm sure a lot of the other 'advanced' users on this forum do as well. Every time a new distro comes out, i give it a shot. It may cost a lot of cd's, but you'd be surprised on what you come across.

And if you don't want it to cost you CD's, then you can just used a Windows install with VMware (30-day evaluation license) and install through there by setting your "CDROM device" as an iso file.