Mandrake and Knoppix are good to start on. Personally when if I were to start over with no knowledge, I would want to use RedHat even know it is bloatware. Everything you would ever want is rpm'ed making it easy to install. Then once you get compfy, start compiling your own software.
Personally, I use gentoo linux as of late. Unfortunitly, I still have to rely on windows for work and side work, but I use linux wherever I can. Perfect example, my cable isp blocked windows sharing, for good reason, but it made impossible for me to do some work. Use linux to build a ssh tunnel to my linux box at work, forwarded some ports, and I was workig again.
God loves teh linux!
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