Hey everyone,

I'm looking to set up a development server for my Rails project and have
a shiny new hard drive. Which version of Linux is the best to use?
Or does it not really matter?

Thanks in advance for any help.
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I am partial to Ubuntu Server 10.04 (current version). Given, I was new to
Linux the first time I set it up for a production server and overall pretty
easy to deal with.

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I use Debian.

Versioning aside, every Linux OS looks 99.99% identical compared to
any other.. same glibc, same gcc, same Linux kernel.

I find it's the package manager that makes me like to use a certain
flavor of Linux or not.  I like dpkg/apt, so I like Debian and it's
family of off-shoots like Ubuntu.  I hate rpm with every bone in my
body, so I steer clear of RedHat, Fedora, Suse, and Mandake (or
whatever they're calling it this week), etc.

One thing I also always look for is if it makes me install an X server
or not.  If it does then I'd never use it.  I like my development
machines to be headless, giving all the cpu and memory to my
development.

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Debian has superior package management (< http://debian.org>,  
< http://www.debian.org/misc/children-distros> >) and a very large
collection of packages.

There is, by definition, little or no difference between
distributions with respect to Rails.  You install the same gems.


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I use Ubuntu.  In general, it doesn't seem to matter much; pick a distro
you otherwise like.

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