[net-perf] piPEs preferred linux distro?

[John Haskins]

FreeBSD I got; I am glad to play the idiot wrt building a
linux box these days.

In looking at the OS requirements for the workshop, I followed
this chain:
http://e2epi.internet2.edu/network-perf-wk/requirements.html
   'Latest kernel version that supports Web100'
http://www.web100.org/download/
   '2.5.3 for Linux 2.6.11, released March 3, 2005'

Have folks got opinions to share as to the most compliant
linux distro that includes the 2.6.11 kernel?

thanks!
-john