[CntdwnToExtn]

I'm looking at running a Linux desktop as a VM host.

It will be hosting nothing special - just a single vmdk of Windows XP through VMWare Server 2.x
PC's are a Pentium D 945 64-bit, 4gig RAM, 80gig SATAII HD, 1Gbps connection.

The current host is XP SP3 and I'm looking to get away from having to reboot the host each time a security update come outs - makes my boss' boss happy I'm not staying overtime :rolleyes:

Any suggestions of a good distro for this? Corporate automotive environment, so uptime is a huge factor.

I'm most familiar with Fedora Core and have used Suse and Ubuntu.
What about something like CentOS or Debian?

As well...Remote Desktop...possible Windows to Linux? Or would I need to run a virtualized Linux distro on my desktop if I needed to check it out?

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I rate SUSE over fedora but if you rate the other way around then go for that. I have only used centos and debian from cli but debian made two darn good folding machines with two GPU clients and a CPU client each, not an easy thing to do and keep stable because of reliance on wine and fancy nvidia drivers etc.
Does it need to be linux? I have been running opensolaris (am typing from it now) on my laptop and even though I have only been mooching around the internet and reading PDFs I have to say it has been great, very slick.

[CntdwnToExtn]

Nope, doesn't have to be Linux.
Only thought about using Linux because of the more often than not 'no restart after updates'...meaning I can update during the day and not after hours or moving people to different terminals.

I've never used OpenSolaris, but it is actually next on my list for testing/learning @ work with Virtual Box as our main virtualization for our workhorse servers. (already tested Xen, ESXi and Hyper-V)