Not to mention hardware you have, or have to get. The most popular are redhat, mandrake, suse, corel, and a few others. Some are better for server application, others are better for desktop, still others are tailored for old hardware, like the 80486 cpu. Redhat is a good choice. If you are going to need sound, make sure that card is compatible.
Video card is the most troublesome of the lot.
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