Originally Posted by
qtiger
SUSE is pretty good, and since its also in your lab that would be a good choice.
Don't get Gentoo.
Are you just going to be compiling on it or do you want to actually use the system?
I know its going to be the primary OS for our class so I'll be at least programming on it. I'd like to use the system and see how I like it and everything.
I expect in class we'll be using it for other things.