Which Linux distribution do you recommend?
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Linux Online tries to be impartial, particularly when it comes to for-profit, commercial distributions. We really don't recommend any one distribution over others. Also, there are so many factors to take into account when choosing a distribution that it would be impossible to make recommendations in general. Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu are more user friendly for windows users generally. Following is a tutorial of how to install kubuntu on a laptop.