Motherboard/Linux recommendation for an i7-860 running Xen?

[Neil Schelly]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
> On 09/29/2009 02:14 PM, Gerry Hull wrote:
>> He is also a linux fan, and is thinking of putting Xen on the box
>> instead...  Which Linux is the best choice for a Host OS?
>
> For Xen CentOS is probably the most stable.  It's old, though, kernel
> 2.6.18+backports.  Current Xen is *very* bleeding edge, it'll probably
> show up in Fedora 12 updates or Fedora 13.  SuSE has ported the 2.6.18
> Xen up to 2.6.29, though, if you need the newer kernel features.

I've been using Xen on Debian for quite awhile now.  The packaged Xen
utilities make administration of many machines very easy and I've
never had any significant issues with stability or performance.
-Neil