[PLUG] random question: how do you think newbies select their distributions?

[Mike Connors]

chris (fool) mccraw wrote:
> my 3/4-baked theory is that many people new to linux use what their
> friends suggest, or what they first or most compellingly hear about.
> that is, they don't do comparative research between available/relevant
> distributions and choose logically.
Interesting enough, a Google search on just the word "Linux" returns
the following results from top to bottom:

Ubuntu.com
Debian.org
redhat.com
fedoraproject.org
distrowatch.com
gentoo.org
slackware.com