[Gloucs] help

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  Hi there people, I have been lurking on the list for about 12 months 
now and I've finally got to the stage where i have something to post / 
ask, now please bear with me as i will be using rude words like 
"windows" in this message.

basically, this is the story ....

i'm now in a position to add a server to my home network, my main pc 
runs windows but also has apache & php installed to help with my 
web-development.

what i'm looking to do is add a Linux-based server into my existing 
network, it must have apache, mysql & php installed and also an ftp 
server would be nice.  It will also be used as a printer server where 
the other 2 pc's on the network send documents to it for printing.

I also would like to add a 300gb usb hard-drive to it to use as a media 
store and allow my pc and my wifes pc to access it to retrieve music & 
video clips etc.

i have looked around and found a few distro that may do what i want, 
however i would also prefer a GUI if possible.

so to recap here's my goal :-

    * Linux based server.
    * running apache, php, mysql & ftp server.
    * graphical interface.
    * support external usb drive.
    * allow printing via a brother mfc-210 printer/fax.

you'll have to forgive me if I've not explained this to well, but i'm 
pretty confident that with the knowledge available on this list, i can 
achieve my goal and in time i can move from wife from windows to ubuntu 
or some other nice distro (she's already using firefox, thunderbird and 
openoffice).

so please can you give me some pointers, if anyone lives near 
shurdington and could pop round, i can supply coffee, beer or anything 
required.

many thanks

Ian