Which Linux?

[Eidorian]

Yeah I'm branching out of Windows and Mac OS. Right now I have Puppy Linux installed on a new FAT 32 partition I made for such things.

http://www.goosee.com/puppy/

I'm looking for something a bit more popular with IM services though. It works great for Internet and learning some of the basic OS structure though. Any opinions on what version of Linux I should buy or download?

[Omega]

Try Red Hat, Fedora or FreeBSD

[Sendok]

I'm a fan of Suse and Red Hat as far as Linux goes.

[Spatula]

I'm a fan of Suse and Red Hat as far as Linux goes.
^^^^

[Loomer]

Slackware is great once you have all the basics down.

[HereticPB]

Slackware, Debian, or Red Hat. PhatLinux I used a bit don't know if it is still around though.

[Eidorian]

Red Hat has some nice application support across the board. It's tad bit expensive though.

[WolfmanNCSU]

Slackware is awesome. One of the best ones out there and will help you really learn Linux.