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Fedora is a continuation of an older distribution known as "Red Hat Linux." It is the "hobbyist" version of Red Hat's enterprise server and as such many of its features are oriented toward advanced and enterprise users. Many of the features and benefits of Fedora don't wind up helping desktop users because the innovations don't apply to them. Still relatively easy to use this version of Linux is best suited towards people who have some experience with Linux/Unix.
openSUSE
openSUSE , as the name implies, is a free, simple to use, open-source Linux distro. openSUSE emphasizes usability and availability. It also includes a favored administrative setup and configuration tool called YaST that can be used to easily manage the system. openSUSE is available in two main editions - Leap, which provides a stable platform with multiple years of support; and Tumbleweed, which provides a rolling release environment. It is sometimes considered resource heavy which can make the operating system feel slow at times.
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Debian is revered as the most stable distro of Linux. Debian focuses on stability and security but because of this has a slow stable release date of about 1-3 years (this simply means that a new 'final' stable version is only released this often.) Debian users who wish to use newer packages can choose to use the Testing or Unstable versions of Debian that may be more buggy than the well tested stable releases. Debian works on more processor architectures than any other version of Linux which means that almost any hardware can run it and it will be stable. Debian is best suited for moderately technical users.
Slackware
Slackware is the oldest Linux Distribution still in use. Slackware is highly technical and not a good choice for new or novice users. Although highly stable, Slackware requires a high level of knowledge of Unix Command Line as most management of the system is done via terminal commands or editing config files. There is a saying among Linux users: "Learn Red Hat and you'll know Red Hat, but if you learn Slackware then you'll know Linux."
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