I've had pretty good luck/experiences with CentOS. http://www.centos.org/ -joe ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David cheyne Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:48 AM To: Oracle Mailing List Subject: Which Linux?? 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