SuSE

Dear phantom,

True. But, I find that knowledgable support people understand that the kernel is the same.

With regard to problems, "what problems" laughing out loud, linux and their applications work like clockwork. Only "rookies" have problems and their problems are generally related to not understanding the environment (permission problems, libs, environmental variables, etc.).

In my opinion, it is better to have a solid OS than one that is simply "supported" when you "call in". So, as you can see, there are alternative perspectives and requirements, based on the user. Not all people run "big commercial linux" in the production environment.

So I disagree with your statement that not running "RedHat or SuSE" in production is "a big mistake". Your statement creates the wrong impression and makes a blanket opinion, which is too strong and misleading.

Not to belabor this point, but here is a link to a great 1U Sun Fire V60x dual Xeon server:

http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/v60x/

Note that in the description, quoted below, Sun specifies all "standard linux distributions" ...

PS: I am considering upgrading this site to a Sun Fire V60x, if I can snag one on the net at a bargain