Due to my bad luck in the past with ISO's, I will be buying Linux. I have narrowed it down to Mandrake or Red Hat, since I am a (relative) newbie.

Mandrake Pro's: Comes with Star Office 6.0, $37.99 locally,
Con's: Dunno.

RH Pro's: ???
Con's: $60 locally, no Star Office

So which would you pick?