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What version of linux should I use for my mail server and web server?  I used to like redhat, but it's pretty expensive now.

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your mom

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that was helpful, thanks.

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could've been worse  
I prefer FreeBSD to linux.  There are advantages and disadvantage of it to linux, but at the end of the day, its what you're comfortable using.  I would recommend giving freebsd a look.

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If your use to redhat but are worried about the expense, check out fedora, http://fedora.redhat.com, it does have a lot of desktop related tools on it, but can be stripped down easily. On very minimal boxes, I use debian, you can get away with a 100-200MB with the minimal install, the apt-get feature is nice for keeping it up to date.

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I see this posting has been here a while but just wanted to add few more references for archive use...

I think Fedora is good for most general computing needs (I often use it but mostly for workstations or just to make other guys in my team feel easy  .
I also agree with mutex on trying out FreeBSD as it is very well hardend/stable flatform.
FreeBSD is an excellent choice as a single purpose servers that require stability and security(mail, web, etc.) as well as general developement platform, in my opinion.

Trustix(I think IBM Linux started off of this?), would be another one to look at as well.

Also checking on few sites like;
http://www.distrowatch.com
http://www.linuxlinks.com
should give you more then enough choices for your needs...

Cheers,

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admittedly, I'm not a linux guy, but isn't fedora a version of the kernel, not really a distribution - ie there will be fedora redhat, and fedora slackware, etc?