No question, CentOS is a good choice. But, it does not work on the Dell Vostro 200 desktops. CentOS 4/5 does not have the drivers (I believe) for the new SATA in Vostro and I couldn't get to install... at the moment it seems to me ubuntu is the only choice. Are there any issues in installing Oracle10g/11g on ubuntu? thanks, Arul On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 12:54 AM, David cheyne <david.cheyne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Many thanks for the responses. It seems that the out right winner was > Centos! So . . . just installed it! > > > Thank you to all. > > David > > On 21/02/2008, Amar Kumar Padhi <amar.padhi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > I use Fedora, pretty good to run Oracle on. > > > > > > Thanks! > > amar > > > > > > David cheyne wrote: > > > > People, > > > > I am thinking of running at 10/11g on a FREE Linux. I know the amount > > of patches you need to stabilise Oracle and get it running can be an issue, > > SO . . .Of the many flavours out there, which do you consider the best and > > most stable? I've used Solaris and HP-UX for many years, so know my way > > around UNIX well. > > > > Your thoughts please. . . > > > > -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > David Cheyne > > BA(hons.) > > > > Oracle Database Administrator > > > > > > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > David Cheyne > BA(hons.) > > Oracle Database Administrator > > -- Arul