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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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Mint if you are a newbie.
ZorinOS if you have no idea what you are doing.
Gentoo if you hate yourself.
Debian for that false sense of security (Its motto is "outdated packages = more security").
Debian actually does security updates on those old packages.
Debian is more a "stable and boring" kind of thing :-)