I don't know how familiar you are with the Distros... as far as the major distros go (Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora/CentOS...), they all get the job done and the only di

I don't know how familiar you are with the Distros... as far as the major distros go (Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora/CentOS...), they all get the job done and the only difference you might stumble on in the beginning will be the different package management systems. Anyway, i did not choose any flavour... i just happened to start out with Debian because a fried gave me the CD many years ago when a 700mb download was still a big thing. So i mastered Debian first and i still usually stick with Debian-based distros (such as Ubuntu, elementaryOS) if i have the choice. That being said i recommend Ubuntu for anyone that is getting into the Linux world, simply because the community and available resources are huge. If you run into any problems there is a 99% chance there is a easy to follow guide on how to fix it.