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

[Paul Bartell]

I thnik it might actually might not be a bad idea to run the whole
thing in VmWare for smaller libraries. If one image goes bad, there is
always another, and you can run it on a Windows Host.(I know eww, but
If they already have it they dont want to throw a $2000 licence in the
trash.)

On 4/16/07, John Fink <john.fink at gmail.com> wrote:
> Another vote for Debian.  It's the dev platform, so I think it would cause
> the least culture shock for people wanting to go from vmware image to actual
> install.
>
> jf
>
>
> On 4/16/07, Paul Bartell <paul.bartell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think either Ubuntu or Debian Etch. The How to on the wiki is a bit
> > sketchy on how to install on Etch so i havent tried.
> >
> > On 4/16/07, Edward Corrado <corrado at tcnj.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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)
> > > >
> > >
> > > Personally, I like Mandriva, but I guess my vote is for Debian Etch. I
> say
> > > that because it is what PINES is running on, and I'd prefer to run
> it/test
> > > it on what they use in production. As someone else alluded to if you are
> > > going to do a redhat type distro, CentOS seems like a better choice then
> > > Fedora because of the release schedule.
> > >
> > > Edward
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "If you are savvy and smart about the choices you make in life, The
> > sky is not the limit!"
> > Mark Shuttleworth
> >
>
>
>
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