Linux ax25 - which distribution?

[B]

I've got the courage up to get a box up and running with the 
ax25 stuff in it to operate packet radio a la JNOS.  I have a
slackware 3.5 disk and Red Hat 5.2.
I understand there are some library problems to consider.  Which
one is preferred?  I know the RH boots up and installs fairly 
easily, but not sure if the library problem is such that I should
stick with Slackware.

I plan to load this into an old 386-SX box 4 meg ram, 40 meg HD.
It's just for packet, so don't need to load too much into the box.

Your comments appreciated.

Brian
N5BA