Best linux distro for beginner.

[amigamad]

I would try suse 8.1 its the best ive tried although redhat 8.0 and mandrake 9 are also good you could try slackware linux 8.0 some people say its a good distro but when i tried it it seemed to set the monitor frequencys higher than monitor could display even though i set it manualy to what it should be.

[gnarly]

Xandros?

[carls]

I would have to say Slackware or Debian.
Slackware is great because it forces you to learn how to do certain things the way it was meant to be done.
IMHO it also has the most logical file structure.

Currently I'm runnix Knoppix, which is based on Debian.

Also, I'd recommend you NOT to use any of the desktops (Gnome or KDE).

This is how it should look :-)

[dezignersrepublic]

go for Mandrake, I've used pretty much all the ditros at work all day and Mandrake is by far the best for a desktop system.