Actually, I've done quite a bit with RH/Fed. I think that they're great out of the box - run on almost any system OSes, but... when it comes down to it, they're quickly becoming the Microsoft of *nixes. there are tons of exploits for RH/Fed where there are none with other flavors. their package management system is losing ground quickly, and well... they don't really do much in the way of actually "helping" people maintain the vital knowledge of running a *nix based system properly. So, with that- I've give some creadit. If you're just starting out- use RH/Fed. When you're ready to grow up- move to something that has more thought put behind it. Debian/FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Solaris