Linux
Debian 8 (Jessie) 64bit is the most counseled, deployed, and tested Linux distro, and it's the platform on which most FreeSWITCH development is primarily done. If you're into Linux, and in doubt about which distro to use, definitely use Debian Jessie. All libraries, dependencies, kernel features, and so on are tested each minute for FreeSWITCH usage in every possible configuration, use-case, and work load. Debian (Raspbian) is used on Raspberry Pi too, and the Pi3 has enough horsepower to handle video. Immediate runners up as Linux distros for FreeSWITCH are CentOS/RHEL 7 and Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial). Please be aware that Ubuntu tends to be a little too much on the bleeding edge, to update packages and libraries often, even in Long Term ...
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