Wow... this is a good one:

Linux Distribution chooser: answer some questions and there you go...
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/

Results were *very* close to your suggestions.

Alan

On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Alan Stone <software.list.1es9s@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks all for kindly posting your precious recommendations and tips.
>
> (K)Ubuntu and PC-BSD Live CD's it will be... as an appetizer.  :O)
>
> For future reference for people considering giving it a go, here are some
> useful links:
> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution
> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions
> - http://distrowatch.com
>
> Best,
> Alan
>