_simon_

I started out with Ubuntu in November 2005 and switched to openSUSE this year.

Personally I would definitely recommend Ubuntu as your first distro or even your only distro! I only swapped because I fancied a change

I've got a very useful link for you that I'll pm you with when I find it.

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