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The distro you choose will have minimal influence on what you can actually run. Libre office will run on pretty much any linux distro.
I haven't used ElementaryOS, but as far as I can tell it's just Ubuntu with a different desktop environment (Pantheon - which is based on Gnome)
I'd definitely recommend Ubuntu - it has by far the largest user base and the best community support. In my experience it requires the least tinkering to get working, and when things go wrong, it's the easiest to find a solution for.
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I'm looking for a linux distro to replace OSX Snow Leopard on my 08 macbook (core2duo). My requirements are mainly an office suite (libre office), a visio-like software, web browsing/video viewing and pdf work (something with most of the functionality of acrobat would be awesome, but not necessary). Any specialised programs for work I can run through a dual booted/virtualised windows 7 or using a wine skin if available.
What would be the best distro for the requirements set out above? So far I've narrowed it down to ElementaryOS - primarily as it seems to be marketed as a bit of a out of the box distro similar to OSX, or alternatively ubuntu with some sort of DE..