“Many Linux newbies–or wanna-be newbies–get hung up over the
choice of their initial distribution. We here at NewsForge have put
a lot of thought into this, and have decided to share our best
thinking on the subject in order to help ease you newbies out of
the monopoly spread into the Linux world. The most important thing
for newbies to consider is this: what does your choice of
distributions say about you?“To that end, we have created this brief list of observations of
the users of specific distributions, highlighting their most
notable traits, in order that you can weigh this important aspect
of distribution selection in your final, initial decision…”