There is just soo many things wrong with your post :-)
Firstly, if you had checked the RedHat Errata page, you'd have noticed that RH6.* is now unsupported. RH7.* is also heading towards its EOL as well.
Secondly, why didn't you just start with RH9? It's about as bleeding edge as RH can be!
Thirdly, try
Gentoo.
