> While desktop Linux distributions get hiccups and freezes regularly This may be caused by the "desktop environment" you are running and not Linux itself. I

> While desktop Linux distributions get hiccups and freezes regularly This may be caused by the "desktop environment" you are running and not Linux itself. I do not run DE's (simply Fvwm2, no 'desktop environment') and this Linux machine I'm typing on has a record uptime of 475 days, and a current uptime of 110 days. Most often it gets rebooted due to a power cut that lasts longer than the UPS contains energy to last through. My Linux pvr has a current uptime of 414 days (and this length is also its record uptime). My Linux firewall/router has a record uptime of 616 days and a current uptime of 49 days (and this 49 days was caused by the previous motherboard dying and necessitating a motherboard replacement). Another Linux desktop machine, also running only Fvwm2, has a current, and record, uptime of 243 days. It as well most often is rebooted only due to power cuts beyond the ability of the UPS to keep the system running. So my experience is the exact opposite of yours -- Linux is rock solid and does not "get hiccups and freezes regularly".