The 2 best Distrubutions for Linux for all would be Redhat 8.0, RedHat 7.3, 7.2 THey are all Good also Depends what you want to do as well.. If ya need Mandrake then .. all the Power to you .. I suggest Mandrake 8.2 and Mandrake 9.0 as well. all gui installs and very simple as well in Mandrake I suggest you use the expert install (Not that difficult)