It shouldn't really matter, and it's hard to say which would be "better". I use CentOS (free analog of RHEL). I noticed on the FSL list it was suggested you use Debian; I haven't used Debian but I doubt you would have problems running Matlab/SPM on it. Chris ________________________________________ From: SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Mark [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 3:39 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SPM] Server Linux version for spm Dear SPM experts, We're currently establishing a neuroimaging lab and will have a server in our lab. To install Spm and related tools, does anyone suggest which distro of Linux is better ? We are considering Red Hat, Ubuntu or SUSE. Any difference among them? Thanks in advance. Mark