RedHat?

[Emanuel Masciarelli]

I have been using RedHat for years.  I am going to be doing a lot of application development in Java and C, including writing and playing games.  Is Red Hat the best way to go?  I consider myself to be very familiar with Linux, so if the  best distrib is not for the novice, then im game J.  I’m going to enclose my hardware specs below, as the distrib must support it all. Thanks.  And another question.  What do you recommend for X-Windows?  I have tried KDE and Gnome, and I have always leaned towards Gnome.   I have never got the nVidia drivers to compile and work properly with my video card.   My Computer: AMD Thunderbird 1.2 Ghz 512 Gig Ram 2 60 Gig HD’s ATA100 (one for Linux, one for MS Windows) Soundblaster Live! Platinum 5.1 Elsa Gladiac GeForce2 Ultra 64 MB DDR Creative Dxr3 DVD-ROM card + 12x Drive Yamaha 16x10x40 CD-RW ATI-TV Wonder   Emanuel Masciarelli [EMAIL PROTECTED]