Hey guys, I suck at linux, and was wondering if anyone could help me to decide which linux distro / version is best to learn on? And learn quickly. Mad - Agro

Debian - reason: easy updates and installing of new programs using 'dselect' Desktop HP Pavilion AMD ~2000+ Laptop Toshiba M200 Tablet PC ~1.6 GHz

SuSe Mandirva formerly known as Mandrake. Both are created to be desktop OS's much like WindowsXP. Why can't we put questions here?#

Mandirva Fedora Both good to learn on but if you want to "Jump in at the deep end" as it where then Vectro Linux Gentoo Slackware Get Firefox

Download a selection of live CDs to try out and see which you personally prefer. Start with Knoppix, Kanotix, and Ubuntu live. Live CDs rule because they: Run without a hard disk if necessary. Can be run without disturbing a hard disk install of Windows. Can be run live for easy repair of hosed Linux (and Windows) installations and data recovery. Can browse the net for install/config tips BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER installation. I favor Debian, and run Kanotix on a variety of comps. When you decide to do a hard disk install, do yourself a favor and use seperate hard drives and either a swap rack or TRIOS drive selector. Sharing a hard disk made sense when they were expensive, but no more. Instead of running Linux on some old beater comp, just add a drive to your best machine. You'll have a much more enjoyable experience.

May not be the fastest route but you'll probably learn most building a system with Linux From Scratch closely followed by Gentoo (my current personal favourite). Slackware also gets my vote too as I've been using it for years....