I would recommend FreeBSD (www.freebsd.org).

There's a good file-server distribution out there based on FreeBSD  
called FreeNAS.  give it a try.  Very configurable and does pretty  
much anything under the sun.

Eric


On Mar 10, 2008, at 11:55 AM, krishanson at acm.cs.umn.edu wrote:

> I am looking for an OS to run a file server from, and I'm wondering  
> which
> OS' are best for the job.  I'm also looking for a non-monetary OS.
>
> Regards, KH
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