[Linux4christians] Linux Server

[jasonite at comcast.net]

I've heard about how robust of a server that Debian is, or so some say anyway. What's the general consensus around here? I've got a capstone project that's coming up that has me installing a Linux server just as a file server. I'm sure that just about any distribution will work for that, but I'd like to find one that works where it says it works. My former boss downloaded and tested out Fedora Core 5 when it first came out and it was buggy as all get out. It took all kinds of technical gymnastics for him to get it to join the domain and even then it didn't halfway work. His main sticking point was why even have a GUI for something if it won't work? (and, yes, he did know what he was doing...the guy is a geek of nature)

Anyway, I was considering either Debian, Ubuntu, or maybe even Mandriva. I'm not necessarily looking for a distribution that is a full-automation distro. I just want one that will work and work well.

Thanks.