[Asterisk-Users] Advice on OS Choice

[Alex Barnes]

Hi all,
 
I am currently trying to decide what Operating System is best to go for on a customer site.  Server will only be running Asterisk / MySQL / Apache / PHP but nothing else.
 
I have only tested Asterisk on SLES 8.1 however I do have experience with RedHat 9 as well.
 
However SLES 8 = £599 ex vat and with so many free Linux OS's out there I am tempted to deploy something else on customer sites.
RedHat 9 is no longer available so although I probably have CD's somewhere I assume that I cannot actually legally install this now for NEW installs????
 
I dont think I will get any value from support contracts so if there is anyone out there that has done some customer / 3rd party deployments could you offer some advice on what you have used and why?
 
Also is there really any difference between using a Standard / Enterprise or Destop SUSE (Will never require more than two CPUs).  Does SLES 8 bring £599 worth of enhancements to the table over SUSE Desktop or Fedora et al?
 
Is Fedora a good choice?
 
Sorry for the many questions but I am not particularly experienced with Linux to know what the real difference is with the umpteen versions.
 
thanks as always for any advice
 
Alex

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|Alex Barnes 
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