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

[Edward Corrado]

This is an interesting thought. It would make backups easy, and 
restoration even easier. I'm not sure how well Evergreen would scale on 
vmware, but it would be a neat option for smaller libraries.

Edward

Paul Bartell said the following on 4/16/2007 11:59 PM:
> 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
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> http://libgrunt.blogspot.com -- library culture and technology.
>
>

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