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Linux can kernel panic for several reasons but once they are sorted out is generally very stable. The flexibility of being able to compile things yourself reduces the chance of such problems.
I once ran a HTTP, FTP, NFS and Fileserver on my p200mhz, 64megs of ram and such and it went well over 200 days without a reboot/crash.. it only crashed cause the power went out... go figure. ?
One thing to remember with Linux (As opposed to Winders) is that Kernel space and user space are kept very seperate. Even the GUI (Xwindows) is kept seperate from the Kernel and the OS, meaning that even if your GUI crashes (which it probably won't) the OS is still fine. This is very different from Windows where the GUI and the OS are one in the same, and problems with one will almost certainly cause problems with the other. (at least, this is how it was explained to me )
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