Arch or Fedora are both good. My choice is Puppy Linux
http://puppylinux.org or Slacko 5.5 Linux.
http://slacko.01micko.com/ They are both small and you can added the devx developers extra file that includes the Gcc c compiler and the GDB debugger. Any Linux you choose will let you learn about writing device drivers. here is one article I googled "learn writing device drivers"
http://www.networkcomputing.com/unixworld/tutorial/010/010.txt.html
May you be successful in your quest for knowledge. Satheesh2020 Let us know what distro you decided to install. Ok?
http://www.distro.com Search Puppy Linux for answers.
http://www.wellminded.com/puppy/pupsearch.html I have compiled C open source programs under puppy linux and have been a programmer for several years. Since you are starting out, give Puppy LInux a test drive. You can have more than one Linux installed onto your rather nice computer with a large hard drive.
