Ubuntu

Homepage: 

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Download: 

http://www.ubuntu.com/download

Wikipedia: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_linux

DistroWatch: 

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu

Minimum Size (megabytes): 

783

Maximum Size (megabytes): 

794

Last Stable Version: 

13.04

Last Release: 

Apr 25, 2013

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Notes: 

Ubuntu releases LiveCDs and LiveDVDs as the "Desktop" image. Desktop images of 12.04.2, 12.10, and 13.04 are currently supported. The info here is for the latest release, 13.04, which is only available as a LiveDVD. Ubuntu PowerPC downloads are available from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCDownloads.

Comments

Excellent support forum and

Excellent support forum and plenty of documentation online. Every problem can be fixed, or worked around. It has such a large community that someone else has always dealt with the same issues you have dealt with.