WHICH VERSiON OF LINUX IS BEST FOR A HOME BASED, INTERNET BASED BUSINESS?

I am trying to create my online business, an at-home business. As soon as my laptop is finished being repaired, I will install Linux on it. However, which version of Linux is best for this type of business?
Thanks for your help!

Also, I would PREFER a free version, because I have noticed some versions are not free.
Thanks again for your help!

There's no tangible advantage to paying for Linux, so indeed stick to free versions. Some good choices for desktop Linux are Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS (RHEL for free), OpenSuse, Simply Mepis, or Zenwalk. Your decision should be guided by your comfort level and willingness to spend time tinkeriing. I will say that you probably don't want things like Arch, Gentoo, Slackware, or Crux- just too time-consuming for a business. I omitted Mandriva because I've had pretty foul experiences with it, Fedora because it's generally seen as Red Hat's unstable testing ground for RHEL, and Linspire because it's ideologically repulsive. You may think this is a long list, but it's actually quite abreviated.

Ubuntu is probably the easist, Zenwalk is probably the best for an older laptop, and Debian Etch are probably the most stable.

You will get lots of answers to this, however most will be based on techy preferance. I have experiance of Fedora, Gentoo, Debian, Ubuntu

However I still recommend Fedora, the releases are comming good and fast at the moment and seems to have the most support on the internet followed closely by Ubuntu at the second.

I would put Ubuntu on it.

Ubuntu, if your a first time user.

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