I will always be a fan of trying to install the biggest, baddest, ugliest, "Jump-in-the-deep-end" operating system. Hell, if I can get THAT (usually Debian for it's complexity, or Slackware, for it's lack of anything helpful) to go, I can get any damn thing to work...
After Debian 2.1 and 3, RedHat 8, or Mandrake is a walk in the park... In fact, The RH8 install, IMHO, was easier than a windows install... Andy George Furthest possible thing from a Linux Guru, but working on it...
