If you are looking to change from Red Hat Linux, I suggest either SuSE Linux 9 or the Sun Java Desktop System .
I'll chime in and say that I like the SuSE distro, but... if you switch to it from RedHat Linux, you'll find that there will be a noticeable learning curve, if you don't have experience with SuSE. I switched from RedHat to SuSE a few years ago (I've since switched back, but that's another story) and found that a lot of things didn't work the same, in terms of system administration; like locations of configuration files, etc.
I haven't used Mandrake in a while, but at one time Mandrake was as I understand it, basically a fork of RedHat. And while they may have diverged since then, I would imagine that Mandrake still has a strong RedHat "flavor" and might be an easier migration path.
Also, Mandrake have committed, IIRC, to maintaining a free (including downloadable iso's), "consumer grade," supported distro. Of course, the concern with Mandrake is their financial situation / stability.
Anyway, just my $00.02 worth...
TTYL,
Phil
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