On 3/10/08, krishanson at acm.cs.umn.edu <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. File serving is a rather fundamental service for any Linux distribution. I recommend selecting a distribution with a long support life such as Debian stable, Ubuntu LTS, or Cent OS. These distributions can be a little behind on package versions, but will be stable and easy to maintain over a long period of time (5 - 6 years I think).