Choosing And Testing A Linux Distro
The top five Linux distributions, or distros, are Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Fedora, PCLinuxOS and MEPIS. These rankings are courtesy of Distrowatch. You can go there and see which distros round out the top ten, hundred, and so on. There are literally hundreds of distros to choose from.
Now I'd like to get into the nitty-gritty of choosing and testing a Linux distro that is right for you. I'll try to stay as impartial as possible in this, though I may inject a personal fave or two into the mix. Please don't hold that (too hard) against me.
Two things to consider when choosing a Linux distro are your computer's RAM and Hard Drive Disk size. A third consideration, if you want all the eye-candy, is your video card. If you have more RAM (at least one gigabyte) then you can choose just about any distro out there and run it comfortably. Ditto for the HDD size; anything twenty gigabytes or larger should be sufficient.
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There are quite a few mistakes in the text. It's a tad weak.