Thanks again,
I'm installing Sue 9.1 Pro as I type, from th einstaller everything appears straight forward and very well presented.
I checked a poll that showed 44% of those who took part use SUSE so that has to be the obvious start point.
I've found another identical old PC at work and am going to install Fedora on that as I have the CDs and am curious to see what the difference are.
SUSE it is for now,
Many thanks for the input, I have to say without your expert advice I'd have tried Mandrake & Red Hat and chosen between the 2.
I'm off work this morning so plenty of time to play!
Mark.