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

[David Tomaschik]

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