What linux distro should I use?

[NSA]

I've been intriguied by linux for awhile and have decided a want to pull the plug and try it. Now I am curios what version of linux should I use? I have had my eyes on luna (elementary os), GNOME 3, and ubuntu.

[D_lete]

a friend of mine who is hard core into linux is crazy about his elementary OS

[Jobbe03]

Elementary or Ubuntu

[WinNut]

Ubuntu is pretty user-friendly IMO. I went cold turkey over the summer and dual booted Ubuntu & Windows but only used Ubuntu, it was a pretty smooth transition.

[Opcode]

I'm personally a fan of Ubuntu.

[vt3c]

I've been intriguied by linux for awhile and have decided a want to pull the plug and try it. Now I am curios what version of linux should I use? I have had my eyes on luna (elementary os), GNOME 3, and ubuntu.

I think you should use Ubuntu, and replace the GUI with something less memory intensive like Xfce like I did for mine. I'm using 150MB of RAM at startup, and my measly core 2 duo laptop acts like it's new.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

If you're coming from Windows (most likely) and you are accustomed to that interface, Mint would also be a good stepping stone.

[GoldTurtle51]

Manjaro,Opensuse,Arch,Gentoo

[BuntzenB]

Well it depends what you're going for. Mint is most similar to Windows and ubuntu is nice and in a weird way feels like a mix of Mac and Windows. If you want to hack then kali is for you and if you want something really moddable then fedora is your best bet. Something really lightweight and basic would be gnome and I personally don't like elementary.