Well i have been looking around and kinda confusted.. not sure what to pick.. iam a total newbie to linux. i have installed and looks at fedora and debian before but thats all.... what i need help with is picking the right one. well i have made a litle list to give alitle help on what i need.. list: * Easy to setup as a file server with multiple hard drives * Work with windows pcs in a network * Easy to install a webserver on or have it alrady * Stable the pc thats gona run this is a almost new 2GB ram and a am2 amd cpu 2Ghz.. any help is very thankfully

I hate to say it but in the end most of them are pretty similar and can all accomplish what you are looking for. The big hitters right now are: openSUSE Fedora Ubuntu PCLinuxOS I would say it is all trial and error at first. Test drive a few and see one you like. I have been using openSUSE for a few weeks now (was previously running other desktops) and have been happy with it. ..corey

okay... just one where installing new applications isnt hard.. know there are some u need to know where files need to go etc. dont want that advanced.. if u can see what i meen

Almost all the distros. have very easy to use software repositories. Yum and apt, on Fedora/Red Hat and Ubuntu (an relatives) are my favourites. Literally for thousands of software packages, installation can be as easy as yum install or apt-get install