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Discussion on: Recomendations in choosing a Linux distro

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Debian is the industry de facto standard. (ie when a dev has only one distribution format available that is 90% of the time a .deb file)
However if you'd like to be extra thorough study also the rpm package manager for red-hat based distros. (A fedora vm image will do the trick)

Linux Mint is the way to go for your desktop environment. It is the easiest to install and use in a daily basis.

Arch is for gents who like to take care their own configs down to the finest detail.

I use a Gentoo build (coz old hardware)