Re: Linux questions

Petterson Mikael wrote:

You probably asked this to the wrong group,but here goes:

Hi,

We are trying make decisions around Linux. We have the following
questions:

- Which distro is best for software development Redhat or SUSE ( We only
have these alternatives)?

Ubuntu.

Given your restrictions, then Redhat/Fedora. I don't know what SuSE is like
these days, but I thought it was a horrible system back in v7.2

- Shall we use the desktop or server version. What is the main difference?

Pretty much what packages you get installed. Wroksation=fat install,
server=thin (generally anyway). You probably want "workstation" for
development. The kernel or kernel settings might be tweaked differently,
server=load, workstation=good interactive response - again you want
workstation.

- What is the main reason to use the 64-bit version over the 32-bit?

One has a 32 bit arch and the other 64 bits. The 32 bit ix86 distros will
run on ix86 and amd64 (including Core 2 Duo etc). The 64 bit amd64 distro
will run on AMD 64 bit CPUs (Athlon 64, Opteron etc) and Core 2 Duo (plus
other radom EMT64 enable intel CPUs). You need to defined whether this
affects what you are targetting with your development - you need at least
one build/test system for each arch you target a product towards.

64 bit will give you > 2GB memory address space, better performance for data
hungry applications in some classes (eg MySQL with loads of data). It may
gain nothing or be slightly less efficient in some other cases.

You really have to try this yourselves.

- In solaris there is something called jumpstart ( when upgrading och
reinstalling the os). Is there something similair for Linux?

Redhat has "kickstart" which is comparable.

SuSE used to have some hideous thing called "Alice" - don't know what it has
now, but it will certainly have something.

The principles are the same as jumpstart - config files + distribution cache
on a server, DHCP tweakage and a custom boot floppy/CD/USB-thing or PXE
boot off a TFTP server (depending on distro, hardware etc).

You can get a pretty custom and repeatable install with kickstart.

Cheers

Tim


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