hi > I should be able to allocate 50 to 80 gig of disk space, and the crucial > thing is that I'll be able to run gimp, inkscape and scribus, and > compile scribus. afaik, on the scribus side you will get the best support using suse or debian.
it's what most of the team and the supporters are running... but, as you have alreay been told, any modern distribution oriented towards the desktop will do. have fun a.l.e
