> To begin with, I tried to download the .iso files from Redhat, but
> couldn't get my CD Burner to make the disk. Instead it just copied the
> file which won't obviously work.
>
> So, I looked at Redhat Pro for $140.00 and Suse Pro for $80.00. The only
> difference I see with the Redhat Pro to Personal was the Sysadmin Tools.
> I am looking to learn both the command line and gui methods to configure
> Samba, Apache and the like.
>
> Any suggestions, recommendations or observations are welcome.

Since it looks like you are configuring a server (samba, apache and the
likes).  I strongly encourage you to not spend any money and instead
download Debian GNU/Linux from http://www.debian.org.  If you can not
download or have burner issues.  Someone from this list will gladly
provide you a CD for free (or at the most blanks and postage).

-Derek