>>> Thats my thought as well. Ubuntu desktop and CentOS for servers. >>> Just wandering if anyone is using the 'Ubuntu Server Edition's'? They >>> seem appealing but CentOS is what I am used too on servers now. >>> Thought about loading it up on a box to just try though. >> >> Not using, but I've tried it in a LAMP-configuration couple of years ago. >> Stability seems ok, but personally I don't like the sudo this and sudo that >> and sudo everywhere. Besides, it felt somehow clunky. CentOS seemed slim, >> slick and fast compared at the time, so CentOS is what I got stuck with (in >> an endearing sense of course). >> >> HTH. > Hi Sorin > > You can "sudo bash" and you will have a root terminal. In it, you can > set the root password for root. How does freeBSD compare to CentOS for stabillity etc? Seems as though CentOS has the largest market capture but I have yet to try freeBSD. Heard that freeBSD is more unix like then linux. Matt