Hmmmm....hadn't thought of that. I don't think I'd like it as a desktop, but I'm thinking I'd love to try it as a server. Thanks for the idea! Rich -----Original Message----- From: Mladen Gogala [mailto:mgogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:06 PM To: Jesse, Rich Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Survey: Which Linux desktop would you run a test of Oracle on and why? Jesse, Rich wrote: > >Ideally, I'd like to get away from the RPM Hell, which significantly >narrows down the field, but I'm willing to be convinced otherwise. > >Thoughts? > > > If you dropped the requirement for 9.2, I'd suggest this distribution: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp It's ellegant, proven and stable. A colleague of mine is installing Solaris x86 on a Dell PC right now. I'll let you know how are things by the end of the next week. We're planning to install 10.1.0.3 If anyone has suggestions, I'm dying to hear them. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA Ext. 121 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l