Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-18 Thread Lionel Crine
Hi Steve, CentOs had troubles with Dell blade video card and ACPI functions. Sorry, I can't be more precise because it was quite a time ago. Maybe, the problem was around dell server...isn't it!! Steve Ochani wrote: On 14 Nov 2007 at 22:58, Lionel Crine wrote: another distribution to kn

[OT] "Ooh, shiny!" (was RE: Best Linux distribution)

2007-11-16 Thread Peter Crowther
> From: Warren Pace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Point taken. We ran a Vax until last year... > > On Nov 15, 2007 10:52 AM, Steve Ochani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If everyone based their decisions solely on that criteria > > we would be all using pdp-11s. [...] I think some companies are rath

Re: [OT] "Ooh, shiny!" (was RE: Best Linux distribution)

2007-11-16 Thread Lyallex
> Unfortunately too many IT teams that I've encountered tend towards the "Ooh, > shiny new toy!" and "My server's newer than your server" views of the world. Heh heh, shiny new toy syndrome, where would the 'IT business' be without it. comp.lang.java.programmer has some really bilious postings

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-16 Thread Warren Pace
Point taken. We ran a Vax until last year... On Nov 15, 2007 10:52 AM, Steve Ochani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If everyone based their decisions solely on that criteria we would be all > using pdp-11s. > > > > On 15 Nov 2007 at 6:19, Warren Pace wrote: > > > > And that is the correct answer. >

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-15 Thread tomcat
Agreed! At 06:19 AM 11/15/2007, you wrote: And that is the correct answer. On Nov 15, 2007 5:54 AM, Peter Crowther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Andrew Hole [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In your opinion what is the best LINUX distribution for a server with > > an instance of Tomcat and

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-15 Thread Steve Ochani
If everyone based their decisions solely on that criteria we would be all using pdp-11s. On 15 Nov 2007 at 6:19, Warren Pace wrote: > And that is the correct answer. > > On Nov 15, 2007 5:54 AM, Peter Crowther > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Andrew Hole [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-15 Thread Warren Pace
And that is the correct answer. On Nov 15, 2007 5:54 AM, Peter Crowther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Andrew Hole [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In your opinion what is the best LINUX distribution for a server with > > an instance of Tomcat and an J2EE application of medium load? > > The one

RE: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-15 Thread Peter Crowther
> From: Andrew Hole [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > In your opinion what is the best LINUX distribution for a server with > an instance of Tomcat and an J2EE application of medium load? The one with which your organisation already has experience. Familiarity and ease of admin is king here.

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Edward Dowgiallo
I believe Oracle Corporation has an Oracle Enterprise Linux which you can download for free. They charge you for support however. Ed On 11/14/07, Steve Ochani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 14 Nov 2007 at 22:58, Lionel Crine wrote: > > > > another distribution to know. You have some support. Fe

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Steve Ochani
On 14 Nov 2007 at 22:58, Lionel Crine wrote: > another distribution to know. You have some support. Fedora : Well, > stable, recent packages CentOS : too many bugs when I was using it (1 > year ago). You must be mixing up Fedora and CentOS. CentOS has always been rock solid stable, it's a reco

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Stanczak Group
k for you; everything else is meaningless. If you just want to drop your war into an environment, maybe one of the appliance distributions fits your needs. John -Original Message- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:19 PM To: Tomc

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 To whom it may concer, Stanczak Group wrote: > Repackaged Unclear from the documentation. Unclear from the inside of the VM, too. Nice that it's installed into /usr/lib. Oh, wait, that's not nice at all. > out-of-date Clear from the documentation:

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Lionel Crine
Like everyone in here, it depends on what you want to do with your Linux It doesn't matter in which distribution you are running Tomcat and J2EE application. But I surely assure you that you shoudn't use tomcat or java packages from any distribution if you want best customization. My opinion

RE: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread John Moore
environment, maybe one of the appliance distributions fits your needs. John -Original Message- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:19 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Best Linux distribution > From: Stanczak Group [mailto:[EMAI

RE: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Stanczak Group [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Best Linux distribution > > Hands down this is the best. :) > http://www.rpath.org/rbuilder/project/ta/ Yup, just what everyone needs - another out-of-date, repackaged version of Tomcat... - Chuck THIS COMMUNICAT

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Stanczak Group
Repackaged, out-of-date, no no no. Not with Conary. Caldarale, Charles R wrote: From: Stanczak Group [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Best Linux distribution Hands down this is the best. :) http://www.rpath.org/rbuilder/project/ta/ Yup, just what everyone needs - another out-of

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Stanczak Group
Mark H. Wood wrote: Yes, before anyone can tell you which is best, you need to work out for yourself, and tell us, what makes a distro "best". Do you want to just pour it into a machine and have everything done for you? Yes Do you chafe at the very notion that someone could know your needs

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Stanczak Group
Hands down this is the best. :) http://www.rpath.org/rbuilder/project/ta/ Andrew Hole wrote: Hi! In your opinion what is the best LINUX distribution for a server with an instance of Tomcat and an J2EE application of medium load? An opinion taking as a basis the performance and cost. Thanks

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Mark H. Wood
Yes, before anyone can tell you which is best, you need to work out for yourself, and tell us, what makes a distro "best". Do you want to just pour it into a machine and have everything done for you? Do you chafe at the very notion that someone could know your needs better than you? Do you need

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew, Andrew Hole wrote: > In your opinion what is the best LINUX distribution for a server with > an instance of Tomcat and an J2EE application of medium load? > > An opinion taking as a basis the performance and cost. Do you need corporate suppo

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Steve Ochani
> Hi! > > In your opinion what is the best LINUX distribution for a server with > an instance of Tomcat and an J2EE application of medium load? > > An opinion taking as a basis the performance and cost. CentOS, it's a clone of Redhat Enterprise Linux. Install jdk/jre and tomcat yourself. -S

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Partha Goswami
go for Open Solaris.. www.opensolaris.org Thanks On Nov 14, 2007 11:18 PM, Andrew Hole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > In your opinion what is the best LINUX distribution for a server with > an instance of Tomcat and an J2EE application of medium load? > > An opinion taking as a basis the pe