> > I also recommend Debian for servers, CentOS when
> rpm based distros are
> > preferred; and Linux Mint for the desktop.
>
> I recommend Solaris or OpenSolaris for servers, but
> what do I know?
We use SXCE for two our servers, and they serve our needs. But these servers
are hidden in intranet. In other cases, when server should be public I have to
update it. And I can't do it free with Solaris/OpenSolaris. So, without
contract it is not an option for externally-visible server. And I don't see a
lot of "magic bullets" of (Open)Solaris for which I would recommend to pay (at
least any features that may be useful in our computer center). So, we have
migrated almost all servers to FreeBSD and x64 servers long ago (it seems about
5-7 years ago, before my coming to this job). It was partly caused by bad
service for SPARCs in our city. (It was hardly possible to find cheap change
for faulted hardware). And I don't see any reasons to go back to Solaris. One
of our team speaks about migrating part of infrastructure to Linux. But it will
not happen at least for several years.
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