[ale] Host type query.... VirtualBox candidates

[Scott Castaline]

Jack Schneider wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 August 2007 14:44, David Tomaschik wrote:
>> Jack Schneider wrote:
>>> Hi, folks.
>>> I have the distinct honor and sincere pleasure of obtaining a brand new
>>> workstation.  No-OS.  It's a Xeon DC 5060 based 4 gig mem machine with a
>>> couple of 320 gig sata drives.   I am most familiar with SuSE OS's, but I
>>> have used/setup systems with FreeBSD & Debian.
>>>
>>> Question: Which linux/unix flavor do I choose to install VB on?  It's the
>>> initial install of Host that I'm unsure of....  I'll  end up with
>>> multiple OS's for sure so does it really matter???     VB users manual
>>> assumes Debian.
>>>
>>> What do you think? and why...
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your sage advice...
>>>
>>> Jack
>>> Winchester,TN
>> I would do Debian... Debian is well known for security and stability,
>> and that's about all that matters for the Host OS for a VB system.
>>
>> David
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> Thanks, David 
> 
> I got a few days so I'll look into which flavor....
> 
> Jack 
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I've had VB on FC6 since 1.3.8, just updated yesterday to 1.4.0. Works 
great, the only way I can stand M$ nowadays.