I'm the original poster. First, a big thank you to everyone who has replied so far! I very much appreciate your input and advice. Thank you!!

Per a post or two above, I think it best to add that I'm asking for my own benefit. I only have experience with Windows up to this point.

However, believing a unix-ish environment would be a better way to go long term, I'm seeking your wisdom on which OS to choose for a server to run a collection of sites upon. I know I've got a lot to learn which ever OS I choose, but hopefully will learn enough over a year or two that I can operate a collection of sites from my own server(s) that I could earn a full time living from.

Thus I hope to pick the best OS for this. I'm not looking for the easiest OS to get started with. I want the best OS for the job. I'm not afraid of the command line, learning utilities nor any other task server admin is likely to require of me. I would however prefer to benefit from the wisdom of others here to make the best choice of an OS I can.

Oh, and to the kind Monk who mentioned:

"I can think of one OS I'd rather go with because of how stable their network stack is. You didn't mention it in your list of choices."

Please do share what OS you are referring to and why you might/would go with that OS instead (NetBSD perhaps?).

Thanks again to everyone for being so helpful!

In reply to Re: Solaris 10, FreeBSD or RHE Linux for production server Perl box? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Solaris 10, FreeBSD or RHE Linux for production server Perl box? by Anonymous Monk

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