[BORW3]

You are all wrong and must be really confused.....
No Im just messing around, all valid points here. And Here is what I think:

Which Linux Distribution you should use is subjective and hugely a personal preference.
Linux is not the distribution you install, Linux is the kernel which is somewhat equal in all distributions.

Linux has a large community to help you with the transition. It’s recommended that you begin your explorations by looking for a GNU/Linux distribution that suits your needs. Additionally the Free Software Foundation hosts a list of completely Free distributions.

Debian has a long tradition of software freedom. Contributors have to sign a social contract and adhere to the ethical manifesto. Strict inclusion guidelines make sure that only certified open source software gets packaged in the main repositories.

Gentoo describes itself as a meta-distribution. The source code is compiled to binary applications on the user's machine allowing near-unlimited adaptability and complete retrace-ability of the program logic.

Both Fedora and openSUSE are community editions that serve as the stable basis for enterprise ready GNU/Linux distributions with commercial support. Companies all over the world trust Red Hat Inc. and SUSE Linux GmbH because of their transparency throughout the whole development process.

Parabola GNU/Linux is effectively 99% Arch Linux with a de-blobbed kernel and a meta-package that blocks unfree licenses. Both of these features can be installed under Arch.

Canonical’s Ubuntu is not something that is recommended because it contains Amazon ads and data leaks by default. GNU/Linux distributions based on Ubuntu are also currently not recommended due to several other reasons.

What differs most is the distros packagemanager; yum, apt and pacman, some minor customization to the kernel code
the shit they preload it with ofc and what they think looks best on the GUI.

Do not get stuck with Distro-Jumping. Its a fucking nightmare.
Arch isnt unstable if you know what you are doing, you just have to have a mindset where you actually try to learn what you want to do instead of depending on others for help.
The best experience for me running a vanilla KDE Plasma as GUI were on ARCH.

Now I am running Red-hat Enterprise, preparing for some certificates, military grade stability and the best support ive ever seen. It is also a very good Distro for using it as a hyper-visor if visualization is important for you.
Before that I ran Debian a lot, which is my favorite of all time, the godfather of all distributions.
If you stick with the stable release of Debian you will have a very secure system.

Feel free to contact me for any additional help bud.

The RedHat, is it the desktop or server one? Also did you buy it?

[AlexaHawk]

Enterprise server. Developers Account. Its free that way

[Air]

I agree that Debian is the way to go.

[TheCouchPullsOutButIDont1234]

So I want to dual boot Windows and Linux. I'm really leaning toward Debian or Arch, but I'm open to ideas. I want something that Is easy to use, but can be customized.

My vote goes to Debian GNU/Linux. It's a fantastic OS. Solid as a rock and easy to use. It doesn't get better than Debian.