10 Best Linux Distro for Beginners in 2020

 Here’s the list of Best Distros for Beginners in 2018:

1. Linux Mint
2. Ubuntu
3. Debian GNU/Linux
4. Mageia
5. openSUSE
6. CentOS
7. PCLinuxOS
8. Deepin
9. Elementary OS
10. Fedora

Linux Mint

Linux Mint is extremely popular. This distribution based on Ubuntu. It is elegant, graceful and provides a superior computing experience (out of the box). It is available as a free download.

• Pros: Awesome collection of minty tools, hundreds of user-friendly enhancements, inclusion of multimedia codecs, open to users’ suggestions
• Cons: They always include the latest features
• Software package management: Advanced Package Tool (APT) with mintInstall using DEB package

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Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a great success as a desktop Linux distribution and has greatly contributed towards developing an easy to use OS.  It is free desktop operating system that can compete well with any of the available one in the market.

• Pros: Fixed release cycle and support period, long-term support (LTS) variants with 5 years of security updates; novice-friendly; wealth of documentation
• Cons: Lacks compatibility with Debian; frequent major changes tend to drive some users away, the Unity user interface has been criticised as being more suitable for mobile devices than desktop computers; non-LTS releases come with only 9 months of security support
• Software package management: Advanced Package Tool (APT) using DEB packages

Debian GNU/Linux

Debian GNU/Linux had become the largest Linux distribution and possibly the largest collaborative software project ever created! It has a lot of applications available which range from productivity programs to business software, games and development tools. This distro comes with over 37500 packages (software that is precompiled and ready to be installed on a local machine) and all of them for free.

• Pros: Very stable; remarkable quality control; includes over 30,000 software packages; supports more processor architectures than any other Linux distribution
• Cons: Conservative, older technologies; slow release cycle; discussions on developer mailing lists and blogs can be uncultured at times
• Software package management: Advanced Package Tool (APT) using DEB packages

Mageia

Mageia probably is the latest distribution on this list, but its roots go back enough to July 1998 when Gaël Duval launched Mandrake Linux. At the time it was just a fork of Red Hat Linux with KDE as the default desktop, better hardware detection and some user-friendly features, but it gained instant popularity due to positive reviews in the media.

• Pros: Beginner-friendly; excellent central configuration utility; very good out-of-the-box support for dozens of languages; installable live media
• Cons: Lacks reputation and mindshare following its fork from Mandriva, some concern over the developers’ ability to maintain the distribution long-term on a volunteer basis
• Software package management: URPMI with Rpmdrake using RPM packages

openSUSE

openSUSE is yet another Linux-based project and distribution. It is used world widely. It is used by software developers and system administrators. Along with that, it provides user-friendly desktop and feature-rich server environment.

• Pros: Comprehensive and intuitive configuration tool; large repository of software packages, excellent website infrastructure, and printed documentation
• Cons: its resource-heavy desktop setup and graphical utilities are sometimes seen as “bloated and slow”
• Software package management: YaST graphical and command-line utility using RPM packages

CentOS

CentOS is specially designed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It rebuilds the source code for RHEL into an installable Linux distribution. Also it provides timely security updates for all included software packages.

• Pros: Extremely well-tested, stable and reliable; free to download and use; comes with 7+ years of free security updates;
• Cons: Latest Linux technologies are missing, security updates and new stable releases sometimes get missed
• Software package management: YUM graphical and command line utility using RPM packages

PCLinuxOS

PCLinuxOS was introduced in 2003 by Bill Reynolds. It is also called as “Texstar”. The project offers amazing support for many technologies especially to user who have migrated from Windows to Linux.

• Pros: Out-of-the-box support for graphics drivers, browser plugins and media codecs; rolling-release update mechanism; up-to-date software
• Cons: no out-of-the-box support for non-English languages; lacks release planning and security advisories
• Software package management: Advanced Package Tool (APT) using RPM packages

Deepin

Deepin is an elegant, user-friendly and reliable operating system. It is Debian-based distro. It has the best the open source world has to offer. Also it has created its own desktop environment called Deepin Desktop Environment. Deepin aims it prior attention towards intuitive design. It has the best user interface.