I enjoy working in Gnome, with Evolution (Mail), Mozilla (Browser), GAIM (Messanger), OpenOffice (Application). I'm not too fond of the freeware base games or a few of the extras the package in. However, I would not mind running VMware to run a few of the games I have and/or to switch into Win2K mode if needed over a friends house for Counter-Strike or to plug in my US Robotics Wireless Card that does not have *nix drivers.

Another option I would like would be to setup a home network that would be compatible to this system and allow me to have a wide variety of Security Enhancements.

I have found these features to be provided under RedHat, but with support going. How long should I keep it?

What would you suggest as an alternative? The games I play are Counter-Strike, Warlords Battlecry II, Rise of Nations, Magic The Gathering Online, and a few others.