Ok ... first off ... I am NOT trying to start any sort of major argument on the list ... so keep that in mind and please send me your thoughts and comments off list if at all possible. I have held off posting this just because I did not want to hear all kinds of arguments on the list. So ... here goes. I am looking for a "stable" "free" Linux distribution. Yes ... yes ... that is relatively vague, but let me clarify a bit as I do have some requirements. I use Linux for just about all of my work - word processing, number crunching, email, etc. I currently have a FC5 distribution on the system and it is just NOT stable enough (yes I realize it is a development platform and knew that going in). I have had to shutdown and reboot several times in the last few weeks - that is just unacceptable for what I need and do. So ... I am looking for a release that is stable, has good drivers, and has plans to be around for awhile - or has been around for awhile ... i do not have time to install several distros and see which one I like either. Current system: Dual Xeon 3.2 Ghz (533 MHz FSB) - motherboard is more of a workstation type board. 4 GB RAM USB - use for printing, would like camera features Networking - built in gigabit 4 250 GB SATA drives (need good drivers for these) - want to have them in a RAID configuration - currently using software raid - not happy with it - probably will go to PCI slot card for RAID - motherboard has hardware RAID (but not for this number of drives) USB and SATA issues SEEM to be my main issues - based on what I can see in my log files or in terminal windows. So ... please ... no flaming or ranting ... just experience or comments relative to different distributions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Randy