Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-18 Thread Lionel Crine
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 - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-16 Thread Warren Pace
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 with which your organisation already

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 from

[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 rather

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

2007-11-15 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 Steve Ochani
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. - Peter

Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Andrew Hole
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 - To start a new topic, e

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 support

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

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. -Steve

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 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 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
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

RE: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread John Moore
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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Best

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Lionel Crine
. If not, you don't care. Bye Lionel 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 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: 4

Re: Best Linux distribution

2007-11-14 Thread Steve Ochani
don't care. Bye Lionel 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 Edward Dowgiallo
servers and is often plagued by instability issues, like Fedora 7 was. Last thing, this informations are important only if you are root and have to manage distributions. If not, you don't care. Bye Lionel Andrew Hole wrote: Hi! In your opinion what is the best LINUX