What is a good distribution of linux to be used for science or engineering?

I would also like to be easy to use because I'm new at linux

What is a good distribution of linux to be used for science or engineering?
http://www.opensuse.org


http://www.freebsd.org


http://fedora.redhat.com





RJ
Reply:Does not matter which distro you use, but since your new, i would suggest Ubuntu like the other person mentioned. It is easy to install and choosing packages afterwards is straight forward. i use Ubuntu and Gentoo for some of my engineering work and havent had trouble. I would recommend getting a book so that you can become familiar with the OS and there are a number of websites with tutorials
Reply:Linux Distributions will depend on what kind of computer you want to install it on, and what you intend to do with it.





I'm assuming that by Science / Engineering, you will be doing a bit of programming and scripting, which is supported by all distributions.





Ubuntu is good if you have a moderately good computer to install it on, plus it's easy to use.





Debian, or FreeBSD(FreeBSD is not a Linux distro, it's a variant of UNIX, but it's mostly the same, and it runs very well on older hardware.) if you have an older computer.