Ubuntu is a good place to start with Linux, and you can customize the O/S as your skills improve to accomplish those specific tasks that characterize your computing habits.
Go with their "long term support" - LTS - versions for maximum productivity. The current LTS version is 10.04

Stay way from Ubuntu Studio for music production - it has not been released with a real-time kernel since version 9.10.
Many Linux audio applications will work just fine on your regular Ubuntu desktop O/S, including JACK, Ardour, Audacity, LMMS, and Hydrogen.

Unlike many forum members, I use only Linux. I have found every computing job can be accomplished with a Linux application - efficiently, and safely. If you want to deploy Windoze-dependent software, there is always a way to run it under Linux... if you are willing to be sufficiently resourceful.


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