As with anything, "it depends." What are your objectives?
If this is a just-learning-about-it project, and if you don't require vendor support, Debian is easier to install than either SuSE or Red Hat, comes with a relatively recent kernel, and is extremely easy to keep up-to-date. If you can provide a path to the network-at-large from your Debian image (it doesn't have to be reversible--as long as port 80 can get out to arbitrary locations you're fine) then installing it via the network is very simple. If you *do* want vendor support, then you're better off interrogating each vendor about their pricing and support, and see which one will provide a better fit for your needs. Adam
