Quote Originally Posted by chronozphere
Which distribution do you guys recommend?
It doesn't really matter. The most popular one is Ubuntu. Debian and Slackware are pretty popular, too, and have been around for a long time. I use Zenwalk. Go to DistroWatch.com and read the descriptions. You have more power to do things in Linux, but more power to mess things up. There's no hand-holding like in MacOSX and Windows, although the community tends to be very helpful.