Which distro's are noted for robust JVM's ?

Like many newcomers to Linux, one would like to choose the most suitable distro at the outset and not have to start over too many times. So far I am leaning towards Suse (in 64bit (AMD) mode).

I want to operate a service on the web using a Java Servlet. I am aware that Java Virtual Machine's can vary especially with respect to memory leakiness.

Does each distro contain a newly-written JVM or is there some popular code that is re-implemented many times over?

What about Tomcat ? Is it reasonable to expect that good Tomcat implementations will be available for most distro's ?

My great appreciation to all repondents

business or personal setup?

Unpaid labour. My servlet will run a booking system for a sports club.

If you don't mind paying for it, you might want to look into Sun's JDS. Since it's a Sun product, I imagine the Java support is pretty strong.

tomcat will run on any distro, but the above post is correct, if you are going to rely heavily on Java then sun seems an obvios choice. There is a Sun Linux live distro I have seen, but never seen a hard installed one. If you can pay, then it would be worth the support. If you can't pay, maybe look at some of the apps on sourceforge, there are lots of powerful and free web based apps that might suite you. Good luck.

Regards
Richard