Having already installed and framiliarizing myself with linux via Mandrake because of all the reading done it seemed to be the easiest for a windows user to transition with I don't have much to comment on other distros. But, here is a quote that made me chuckle:
"But stay away from the geekier sources like Debian, Gentoo, Slackware, Sorcerer/Source-Mage, and most of the other, lesser known Linux versions."
Source:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6102LoL you geek.
