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I am really trying to get away from Windows and don't feel like spending all my money on a Mac. So I am turning to Linux. The problem is I don't know which distribution would be best for me. Does anyone have a suggestion? Here is a little about me and what I need: I need something that is user friendly for the members of my family that are computer illiterate. One of my hobbies is Video and Audio manipulation. I have an older PC and laptop I want to start out converting to Linux. I would like to have a distribution that has exceptional security features A distribution that finds all my hardware would be great. I was looking at the following Distributions: Ubuntu Elive Fedora Linux SUSE Linux If their is a different version that is better than these please let me know Thanks

simply mepis. www.mepis.org its the first distro i seriously used and still one of my favorites. alternatively you could try pclinuxos, also a great distribution, even if its not debian based.