RH7.2 is definitely a nice distro to try.  I'm still working on getting one of
my Alphas (currently running RH5.2) to boot up debian, but it's being flaky (the
hardware, not the software).

> > it seems as Mandrake is so far the only one I have been told to get. How does
> > Debian compare to Mandrake in terms of what I want?
> >
> ---
> I won't comment on Debian since I haven't used it - but I'm certain that
> it's a solid distro.
> 
> My recommendation is RedHat but that's cuz that's what I know.
> 
> Craig