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