Suggestions for Linux distro please?

[TroyW]

I'm considering trying out a Linux distro on my machine, and was after some suggestions from Linux people as to which distro to go for. Important things are that it must be easy to use and keep up to date, it must support my hardware, and it would be an added bonus if I didn't have to switch back to Windows too often, LOL!

I'd also like to run a web server with PHP and MySQL on it for testing functionality for a web site I'm working on on and off, but I'm sure pretty much any linux distro comes with those already... :)

Oh, and of course, I'd want to run UAE on it, as much as I'd rather be using the real hardware that is in storage at the moment, it's in need of replacement parts before it will boot, so for now I have to stick with using emulation.

Hardware is this:

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (socket 939)
Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLI Motherboard
1Gb DDR400 RAM
nVidia 7600GS with 256Mb RAM PCIx video
200Gb Seagate ATA hard disk
LG DVD-R/W
Viewsonic E640 15" CRT
Standard PS/2 keyboard and mouse


I played around with a few Linux distros a few years ago on an older machine, but never found anything that I liked.

Thanks in advance.

[Brendan]

You can find a discussion between Vlad and me here:

http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=11176&highlight=linux+distro

I'd still vote Ubuntu - my wife even keeps it up to date, and while she's an intelligent graphic artist, is not into dealing with the inner workings of computer equipment. One of the guys I work with swears by SuSE.

[TroyW]

You can find a discussion between Vlad and me here:

http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=11176&highlight=linux+distro

I'd still vote Ubuntu - my wife even keeps it up to date, and while she's an intelligent graphic artist, is not into dealing with the inner workings of computer equipment. One of the guys I work with swears by SuSE.

Cool, thanks, might give Ubuntu a whirl then :)