[Lazamataz]

I'm going for a bit but I will be back in an hour. Please bump this thread and tell me what you know!

[SteveH]

Couple more minor things. I had an old 100MHz P-I which I tried and tried to bring Linux up on but couldn't (finally fried the motherboard during a hardware swap and ended up junking the poor thing).

Also I still have a couple of boxes running W-98 for convenience and family use; I find that this is relatively straightforward and inexpensive enough rather than dealing with the hassles of a multiple-boot system.

[B Knotts]

If this is going to be primarily a server, I'd have to recommend you at least take a look at Debian GNU/Linux.

Although Debian isn't as flashy or end-user-y as some of the other distributions, they have a better security record, and apt-get rocks!

Keeping your system up-to-date is as easy as:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

I administer several servers, and they all run Debian.