If you just want to "Install and Go" on a 64-bit version, then have a look at HJR's GOAL as it will do the grunt work of getting necessary packages etc.
Well I believe the only platforms that are officially supported are RHEL, SLES, and OUL. So if you need support from Oracle, you'll need to stick with those distros. If that's not a concern, just pick whatever distro you're most comfortable with.
If I were to recommend one of the supported distros, I'd recommend going with either RHEL or OUL. They're basically identical to each other. For a non-supported distro, I prefer either Debian or CentOS
In addition to the distros mentioned by @ErikA, you can also use CentOS, which is RHEL-based, minus the RH proprietary extensions. I don't think it's an "officially blessed by Oracle" distro, but I've installed Oracle on it without issue.
Linux Distros for the XE version are here
For 11gR2, they can be found here
If you just want to "Install and Go" on a 64-bit version, then have a look at HJR's GOAL as it will do the grunt work of getting necessary packages etc.
Well I believe the only platforms that are officially supported are RHEL, SLES, and OUL. So if you need support from Oracle, you'll need to stick with those distros. If that's not a concern, just pick whatever distro you're most comfortable with.
If I were to recommend one of the supported distros, I'd recommend going with either RHEL or OUL. They're basically identical to each other. For a non-supported distro, I prefer either Debian or CentOS
In addition to the distros mentioned by @ErikA, you can also use CentOS, which is RHEL-based, minus the RH proprietary extensions. I don't think it's an "officially blessed by Oracle" distro, but I've installed Oracle on it without issue.