Which is the best Linux distribution to try out for a very advanced Windows user?
First of all, linux is very different that Windows. Fedora Core 9 is a distro that a lot of businesses use. Ubuntu is a great, simple to use distro. There are several different variations of Ubuntu: Xubuntu, Kubuntu and eduBuntu. Ubuntu is considered one of the best distros available. PCLinuxOS is another great distro that looks great. openSUSE is also runs good and looks sharp and professional. I currently have 5 computers that can run linux and I think that Ubuntu is probably the best you can get, with Fedora and Kubuntu being close seconds. I haven’t yet tried this distro yet, but Gentoo is a distro that you have greater control over what you actually install to your computer, giving you more things that you want. Just for fun you could go to http://www.pendrivelinux.com to see different distros you can install to a bootable flash drive. My favorite small-install linux is MCNLive.