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Best OS for servers?

This is an impossibly vague question.

What is the server going to be used for? What kind of hardware does it have? What environment will it be deployed in? Are there any specific application requirements for the server?
 
Sorry to be so vague.

Gaming and file sharing. I'm not sure which computer I will have it on. Probably one of my lower end computer till I get used to it. One of these for now..

P4 2.4Ghz
512MB DDR
80g HD

or

AMD 1800
256MB DDR
40g HD

I would upgrade the HDs later as I need them
 
What games? Linux would probably be the cheapest route, but not all games have linux versions of their server code.
 
What are you familiar with, and are you willing to learn something new?
To me the obvious choice would be Linux, or possibly OpenBSD, since I know far more about administering *NIX systems than I do about Windows administration, and I'm not particurarly interesting in learning Windows administration.

If you're a Windows guru, Windows would seem to be the obvious choice.
Unless you're strapped for cash.

And so forth, balance your needs against your assets.
 
If it's for file server, I would say Linux anyways. But as for Gaming, I would go for Windows as per it supports nearly well, all of the games on market [PC Format ofc]
 
SuSE Openexchange is pretty nifty, though I'm no big fan of SuSE Linux.
But for an admin that doesn't wanna get his hands dirty with config files and such, Yast isn't a bad tool, so SuSE might be a good choice for you.

Redhat is a bit more of a "traditional" UNIX, it's graphical tools are pretty simple but not nearly as capable as Yast, on the other hand, I personally like it alot more than SuSE because it doesn't make the same effort to be "Windows like".
Anyway, as has been pointed out, there are free evals available, just try'em out 🙂
 
I have Suse 9.1 laying around here somewheres.

I'm more familiar with windows....but I don't mind learning new things. I would actually like to learn linux. I think I'll try FreeBSD.

The games that it'll play are CSS and UT2k4. Thats probably it.
 
UT2k4 has a Linux dedicated server software package available for download. I don't know about the other one though.
 
Yeah, find a friend who knows Debian. Learn basic UNIX admin stuff on Debian. Later, if you feel like putting more energy into it, try out NetBSD.
 
OK, then whatever free unix you can get in-person help with. After a bit of admin experience, trying out new systems will go much more smoothly.
 
Sorry Geekling, wrong state. Good luck with it, though. Maybe you can find some local user group install fest or something.

Free software (worker controlled software) is a beautiful thing.
 
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