Debian Woody is certainly an appropriate Linux distribution to use. A 1GHz CPU with 256 MB RAM and 5GB hard disk should be ample for development purposes.
For production, 5GB will be inadequate once you start collecting patient data. Remember that you will need space for backups and journal files. Remember also that this will be a mission critical application. So, when you go into production, I suggest you plan on purchasing a new computer, a rack mount server grade hardware. But for development, what you have should be ample. As Grandpa John points out, an alternative to Debian Woody would be to start with one of the OpenVistA VivA live CDs from http://sourceforge.net/projects/worldvista with which you can install Linux, GT.M and VistA in one fell swoop. These are Debian based, and you can update them with apt/dpkg and friends. X Windows is not required, but recommended. For development, you will be much happier running a terminal session in something like KDE than you will be running in a console. For production, if your users will be running the CPRS GUI from Windows PCs, X Windows is less important. But why are you considering skipping X? -- Bhaskar On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 11:04, John Leo Zimmer wrote: > Rather than Debian Woody you may want to consider one of our Morphix (also a > Debian based product) bootable cdroms which are available here: > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2386 > > Recommended: /worldvista/OpenVistAVivA0.4.iso > > You can install Debian AND VistA from that cd: > > regards, > grandpa Z > > > Healthcare, a human right. > > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > From: "John A. Redmond (IS/IT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:49:44 -0500 > Subject: [Hardhats-members] Best Practices/First Steps? > > > I want to get my feet wet with VistA. I am planning to use it to > > simulate a small, specialty group practice (a friend of mine is a > > cardiologist...). I have an older box that I plan to use for this > > purpose. 1 GHz CPU, 256 MB RAM, 5 Gig hard disk. Let me know if this > > machine is not suitable. > > > > I plan to install Debian Woody for the OS. Is there a better (free) > > distribution to use? What packages do I need to install? For > > example, do I need X-Windows? > > > > John Redmond *************************************************************************** This electronic mail transmission contains confidential and/or privileged information intended only for the person(s) named. Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by another person is strictly prohibited. *************************************************************************** NOTE: Ce courriel est destine exclusivement au(x) destinataire(s) mentionne(s) ci-dessus et peut contenir de l'information privilegiee, confidentielle et/ou dispensee de divulgation aux termes des lois applicables. Si vous avez recu ce message par erreur, ou s'il ne vous est pas destine, veuillez le mentionner immediatement a l'expediteur et effacer ce courriel. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that combines robust object and relational technologies, making it a perfect match for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. www.intersystems.com/match8 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
