Hello Larry, Thank you for your response...
Actually, I am familiar w/Linux... although, I have not been able to touch it for quite a few years now ... as w/you, I too prefer SuSe... I initially started off w/Debian, went to RH and then stuck w/ SuSe... Problems that I've had (from a development standpoint) is that I am a hardcore assembler programmer ... but everybody wants C or something else. I have worked on VM before but that was about two decades ago. Over the years ... I've tried different flavors ... but, I still prefer SuSe ... and it is what I run on my 'beast' (I7 w/32g RAM and 21TB DASD). Once again, thank you for your response. Kind Regards. Jim Thomas -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Davis, Larry (National VM Capability) Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 7:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: - Linux on z If you are not familiar with Linux and good with zVM then look at the SUSE SLES 10 SP2 Starter system it is self-contained and self-configurable when you move it between networks. Also it is fairly easy to add an LVM and mount newer versions of SLES or RedHat ISO images for building new Linux images. I prefer SUSE over RedHat but that is a Religious discussion better left alone. Larry Davis, VM Capability -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Thomas Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 8:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: - Linux on z Folks, Could anybody tell / direct and or advise me, on what that most used flavor of **nix is on z ??. I used to be a proponent of SuSe but that was decades ago .... Furthermore, if anybody can point me to any 'material' that might explain why one 'flavor' is chosen over the other, that would be great too. Kind Regards. Jim ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
