What is the best linux distribution for a beginner?

[Simpson]

Hello I am tired of windows and I want to spend a distrib linux because I am tired of trojans and other Virsus on Windows.
Thank you for giving me the info and especially how to install it, I'll have a look at the faq!
Thank you for your info!

[Wilbur]

I will go for Red Hat and I will provide some information related to that.

Red Hat is the top commercial Linux company in the world. Like it or not, companies that use Linux in the Enterprise, use Red Hat Linux--it's that good. Red Hat is perhaps only second to Debian in spawning new and interesting distributions and projects. Red Hat now focuses on Enterprise Linux and recently acquired Qumranet to bolster its position into the virtualization realm.

[Theodot]

I think Knoppix because it includes recent Linux software and desktop environments, with programs such as OpenOffice.org, Abiword, The Gimp, Konqueror, Mozilla, Apache, PHP, MySQL and hundreds of other quality open source programs.

[FaMe FacToR]

Ark Linux is the best! it is easy for beginners & great for long time users.

[vlad3647]

tuquito 3 believe me!!!!