i love linux, when i started out i went to suse 9.1, it was a very friendly install and good overall platform,
other people say the redhat/fedora core is a good starter, but i really dont like it, it just doesnt fit with me well.
mandrake is suppose to be antoher great starter distro, although i've never tried it.
there are many distros to choose from, if you dont like one, jump to another, thats what i've been doing, there is all a great support compunity for linux, there are mayn linux devoted help forums such as linuxsolved.com and linuxquestions.org, all of which people give out advice and help, linux as a whole is great with a great sommunity of people too.