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Over the past few articles, we have spoken about Linux, taken a brief look at Mepis Linux, and checked out the state of gaming on Linux. Today's article is all about picking the right desktop distribution that fits your needs. Therefore, we will be looking at four mature distributions.

This is not exactly a comparative review, but rather a combination of four. We will look at all four and try to determine which distribution suits which type of user.

The criteria for picking the four are as follows. The first and most important consideration was that the installation procedure had to be simple and easy to understand. The distributions should have good hardware detection and multimedia support. They should be easy to update and installing new software should not be a chore. Another criteria were the level of support and help available around the Internet. In the end, this became a major criterion, since the chosen four distributions have a lot of resources available – on their own websites as well as on other websites.

Keeping these criterions in mind, let's meet the four candidates:

1. Xandros Open Circulation Edition Version 3
2. SuSE 9.2
3. Mandrake 10.1 Official
4. Fedora Core 3
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Read More/Source: CoolTechZone

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