Well, that's the question, now, isn't it? Are they viable options? I'm pretty sure Fedora will be around for a while, but I'm not at all sure about Tao or White Box (both RHEL3 "clones.") The Fedora for S/390 is still in the /development directories on the download server. I haven't tried to do anything with it yet, so I don't know if it even works.
While I'm all for choice, I'm leery of putting links on the page that might send people off into a dead-end effort. Hence, I wanted to hear from other people what they think. If most people think they're worthwhile, I'm happy to do it. If a significant number of people think it's largely untested and risky, I might not. Or, I might just put warning signs around the ones that are questionable. I received at least one reply off-list on this. I'd prefer to keep the discussion on the list so that all the opinions get aired in public. I think that will be more likely to generate discussion that's useful to me than otherwise. Thanks, Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rich Smrcina Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 11:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: new distribution(Tao Linux) for s390 If they are to be considered viable options, then I say list them. It's about choice. On Sun, 2004-03-14 at 12:39, Post, Mark K wrote: > I would be interested in hearing what everyone has to think about adding > this, and Fedora, to the list of distributions available on the linuxvm.org > web site. (I'm specifically thinking about the part along the left side of > each page.) > > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Xose > Vazquez Perez > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 7:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [FWD] new distribution(Tao Linux) for s390 > > > -------- Original Message -------- > New Port: Tao Linux s390, by Pasi Pirhonen > Submitted by parsley on Thu, 03/04/2004 - 15:47. > > Pasi has gone and done it again, and brought the number of platforms Tao > runs on to THREE - and surely, Tao must be one of the few free Linux distros > ported to a mainframe. ;-) From the announcement: > > Hi, > > I just finnished uploading the 'i need one, so you get it as side product' > release. Don't get me wrong. I am kinda tight committed to this project, but > the Tao/s390 came as i needed it and the 'base work' had been done, so i > don't have get a graphical design and all the other boring stuff done - it's > kinda community power :) > > There is NOT: > > a) any install documentation (i don't need one) > b) any support for 'how to install' - it's as is. > > There will BE: > > a) updates as SRPMS gets released > b) support for updates (maybe even enhancements) > > There IS: > > a) I've test installed this with ftp and nfs installs. With and w/o X. > > > If for some reason i'd be not able to provide updates for 'maintaned by me > archs', there will be some kind of aanouncement and maybe even replacement > maintainer. My key expires in less than year anyway, so later on i have to > post another armor anyway signed with current key. If i'd be retiring, there > would be new keys signed by me or something that verifies the change. > > Don't get me wrong. I am not so bad as i sound just now, but i am not the > guy writing the documentation (i have to do that too much on the work anyway > :). > > If you need documentation for Tao/s390, you should use it for sumplementing > 'the real thing' and buy the support from redhat. > > FYI: There will be sooner or later s390x. I don't have curently access for > 'the BIG iron', but have hercules running and have started slowly the build > for s390x. > > There will be ia64 sooner..... > > The place is the usual. > > http://dist.taolinux.org/tao-1.0-s390/isos/ > --end-- > > Tao Linux (pronounced 'dow' Linux) is one of several projects to build a > free Linux distrubution from the sources used in the Red Hat Enterprise > product line. > > Tao Linux is not a product of Red Hat, Inc., and is not sponsored by or > otherwise affiliated with Red Hat, Inc. For all bugs/misfeatures, please > consult the Tao bugs page. > > [ http://taolinux.org ] > > -- > x86-64 GenuineIntel > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- Rich Smrcina Sr. Systems Engineer DSG eServer & Linux Solutions Milwaukee, WI rsmrcina at wi.rr.com rsmrcina at dsgroup.com Catch the WAVV! Stay for requirements and the free-for-all. Update your zSeries skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. 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