What OS do you use for MySQL?

In looking at operating systems in use for last year I found a very high concentration of RedHat/CentOS 5, and Ubuntu LTS operating systems. I would like to get a better picture of what is really used for MySQL production systems.
Please take a moment to help me out. This survey only has one question .

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