Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 30th Mar 2003 07:47 UTC
Yes, we all know the "big three" (Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE) commercial distros, we also know the next big bunch of respected traditional/geek distros (Debian and Slackware and some might add Gentoo too in this list), and we know the "other big three" in the desktop Linux area (Lindows, Xandros, Lycoris). However, not everyone knows what is available besides this "threshold". Here is a list of Linux distros that worth knowing about and to keep an eye on! 
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I would like to agree with the BSD people here. FreeBSD has been my choice for both desktop & server. It is fairly easy to configurate, and ports/pkg works 99% of the time. If it doesn't, it is not alot of tweaking that needs to be done to make it work. I do not think that the BSDs are ment to be used by total beginners. There is no standard configuration like RedHat/SuSe/Mandrake.
If I was completely new to the *nix scene, I would install some of the mainstream OSes, find out what parts I like in the different distros and write it all down. That way I could install FreeBSD with the packages on my list, reboot and use.