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

Jack Schneider puck at dp-indexing.com
Wed Aug 15 16:08:44 EDT 2007


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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