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The NT5 OSs are nice though. However, you can pay $400 for XPpro's protected memory and file system or get the same for free using Mandrake 8.1 with JFS:Reiser partitioning.

Have you tried out ext3? I am having fun with my backup database server pushing a high load on it and pulling the power plug on it to see it recover without skipping a beat. I have to try out JFS:Reiser.

I think ext3 is RH's name for JFS. Ext3 pretty much = JFS:Reiser and JFS:X. I read a comparision and Reiser's a little better than X. Oh, and I did the power-off test right away. No sense loading an OS if the files system doesn't 'test-out'. It came back fine -and in about a min!

I tried to break JFS:Reiser on Mandrake 8.1beta2 and succeeded on the second attempt. The reworked JFS:Reiser for 8.1final survived 3 attempts so I'm using that now (along with XPpro on another channel). They're both great imo but Linux's security is (of course) better since it's not shell based.