On 02/08/11 00:42, Ethan Furman wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm going to setup a few linux systems for testing (probably three) as > well as the three FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and (possibly) NetBsd. Oh, and > Windows. ;) > > Any recommendations on which linuces to pick?
I would say that the Debian vs Red Hat issue is secondary compared to how recent the installed packages are. IMHO, you'll want: (1) "state of the art" - newest Ubuntu, Fedora Core, or perhaps openSUSE release (2) stable/"business-level" maturity - Debian stable, CentOS (or Scientific Linux/RHEL/other RHEL rebuild), Ubuntu LTS release and, perhaps: (3) bleeding edge - Arch / Gentoo You may also want to consider non-current releases. If I had to chose three, it might be Ubuntu 11.04, Debian 6, and CentOS 5. - Thomas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list