[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Straw poll: preferred Linux distributions for VMWare images?

[David Wongwai]

One vote for CentOS (unless this voting is like "Dancing with the
stars" then all my votes go to CentOS).

Watch fedora core as it moves real fast and do you want that for
production? But then if this isn't for production...

David Wongwai
Round Rock Public Library System

On 4/16/07, Dan Scott <denials at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I have built a VMWare image of Evergreen based on Gentoo Linux that's
> currently in testing with a few people to ensure that all is well in
> the base image (as documented at
> http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=installing_prerequisites_on_gentoo)
>
> I know someone else (Paul) is working on an Ubuntu (6.06 Dapper
> Drake)-based VMWare image.
>
> Assuming that I or other people find the time to work on some more
> VMWare images and flesh out install documentation, what Linux
> distributions would you be most interested in having install
> documentation for and access to VMWare images?
>
> I've created a quick list of likely distributions below. I've pointed
> to the latest stable  (or soon to be stable) versions because
> Evergreen has some pretty leading edge requirements. I left commercial
> distributions off the list because we probably wouldn't be able to
> redistribute the images, and I for one don't have access to the
> commercial distros. I've also left off non-Linux operating systems
> because reports from Solaris and *BSD so far suggest that's more of a
> porting effort for Evergreen than simply an install.
>
> Feel free to recommend other distros if you have a preference.
>
> * CentOS 5 (server distribution built from the source RPMs for Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 5, minus any copyrighted images or text)
> * Debian 4.0 "Etch" (latest stable release of Debian, same distro used
> by GPLS PINES)
> * Fedora Core 7 (community distro sponsored by Red Hat that eventually
> feeds into RHEL, FC 6 seems to be used by a number of people on the
> list, but FC 7 is due at the end of May)
> * Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty" (final release due any day now, almost a year
> newer than 6.06 Dapper)
> * OpenSUSE 10.2 (community distribution by Novell that eventually
> feeds into SUSE Linux Enterprise Server)
>
> Note that I *don't* want this to turn into a distro vs. distro
> flamewar, I just think getting a quick poll of your preferred Linux
> distributions for a VMWare image would be helpful in prioritizing some
> volunteer work. Of course, volunteer work means that even if 200
> people voted for a particular distro, if we don't have the required
> skills or interest in that distro then there's still no guarantee that
> anyone will put in the effort towards that distro. :)
>
> Dan Scott
> Laurentian University
>