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hi I am right now on Windows 7 alongwith a newly bought Dell Laptop .I want to install Linux too . I have been using Ubuntu 10.10 before . now I want to try a different flavour in Linux which has a good audio/video options & is security enhanced .

Right now I have the following distributions : Ubuntu 10.10 OpenSuse 11.0 Fedora 13 .

among the three mentioned above which might be the best to learn out things n get more close to linux .I am a student & eager to learn a lot of new things .... so which of the above would be the best for me ?

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Let me preface this....Best Linux Distribution is a loaded and flame inciting heading. If you want to learn avoid flame-wars. LFS or DFS. LFS is better for learning EVERYTHING. DFS focuses on debian package management. The fedora/suse thing focuses on RPM. So, if i were you recognized your configured options I would go with LFS. You will surely understand linux more, and the only remaining issue is package management.

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That's a very subjective matter. I can tell you that I learned the most from using Gentoo, which requires you to compile software locally, potentially giving it a performance advantage. The documentation and community were solid during my time using it.

At the moment I'm very content with Arch Linux; once it's set up it requires minimal maintenance, while still being current because it's rolling release.

From the three you mentioned I would pick Ubuntu any day. I simply love the Debian package management, structure and philosophy combined with the regular releases, easier hardware detection and large community of Ubuntu.

Edit, four years later: A lot has changed in Ubuntu-land, and now my every-day use distro of choice is Linux Mint, for the same reasons.

Overall, if I had to pick one distribution for the rest of my life, I think I'd choose Debian.

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