Which Linux to choose for a beginner?

Question

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Good day to all. Immediately the essence of the issue: it was necessary to file your teamspeak server with your own domain + make a proxy server to bypass various provider blocking, it is possible to put a couple of simple php sites spinning there. I decided to rent a cheap VPS for this business. There is no desire to buy Windows on it or pay a monthly fee. Therefore, by itself, you need to install some kind of Linux distribution. The problem is that I don't know anything about Linux. A long time ago, I installed Ubuntu on a virtual machine with a graphical interface, indulged a bit and gave up on this matter. So. What to choose for a beginner? What distribution to start with?
There is no goal to become a super-mega-Linux admin. There is that purpose which was described above + to receive basic knowledge of administration. In addition, I ask you to suggest some tutorial on this topic or a video course, or a YouTube channel. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

choose a distro here that your friend / comrade knows well, so that in which case there is someone to ask.
I started my career with freebsd, because there was a person nearby who clarified the newbie
upd:
additional info to the answer
https://4admin.info/linux-vs-windows/

Answer 2

tambourine - tse kalo.
Fedora core, Mandriva, Open SuSe, Debian, CentOS - take your pick.

Answer 3

Now they will tell you here ... - everyone about what he himself saw out of the corner of his eye.
In principle, choose any distribution - they are all Linux, and all Linux have 95% in common, and only the rest is different. If in some distribution one of the packages is not installed by default, you can easily install it later.
I'm here in the discussions Advise Linux somehow formulated (quickly ... as a joke) the criteria by which to select a distribution kit and a formula for calculating the numerical value of the preference for any of them:
1. Simplicity, not confusion, and error-free installation (including here how often the URLs where the images are located are changed and how often the repository servers crash and do not respond).
2. Extensiveness of repositories and breadth of possibilities of the chosen package system installer.
3. The presence and volume of intelligible Russian-language descriptions of installation, configuration and individual aspects of use.
4. Availability, number, volume, and activity (frequency, update dates) of Russian-language (preferably) forums and blogs - for the prompt solution of emerging problems and descriptions of already resolved problems.
5. Stability of work, feedback on the frequency of troubles and falls.
6. Degree of novelty of included software, services, initialization systems, etc.
You can inquire.

Answer 4

They are not very fundamentally different. There are a lot of guides everywhere.
There was an experience with ubuntu - so try it. You will need a little.

Answer 5

I would take ubuntu for a start, there is a huge amount of information on the Internet on it, there is a "live" form - forum.ubuntu.ru

Answer 6

guys bubugnu cool but you are no longer in trend
linux mint