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