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How about the choice of using RedHat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise with current NIC? Can you share some experience related to Altera software in these OSs?
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I use Centos 6.2. This is the 'community' version of RedHat 6.2. It works very well. I've used Centos for years, with previous versions of Quartus and Modelsim-ASE and SE, and have had no issues.
However, if you run Linux on your Windows Server 2008 machine, then you'll stop others from using it. Perhaps that is not an issue though.
I also use VirtualBox as a virtual machine manager. You can install Windows XP, Windows 7, Ubuntu, etc., as a VM client, and then the host OS running Centos can be used to give the USB-Blaster interface to the virtual machine. That way you can run the Board Test System (BTS) application under Windows XP to check your hardware. Using Windows 7 as the host OS does not support this (I'm not sure why, since Windows XP does).
Cheers,
Dave
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