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Well, "best" is probably highly depending on your needs...

If you'd ask which one to choose right now without any requirements, go for 20.04. It is LTS, supports the latest (and last!) ROS1 Distro noetic as well as the current ROS2 Distro Foxy and the upcoming Galactic.

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