Not clear what you mean by "package releases". I usually do *not* rely on the top-level tools packaged with a Linux distro. I get stuff like Apache HTTP, Tomcat, Zope, Plone, and Python straight from the source website and install them. On the other hand, I use the distro's libraries and system tools; for example, I try to install something like FreeType or GTK from the distro rather than from something else.
Where I work we have RedHat ES 3 as our base, so that's what I use. However, I think that Ubuntu is probably just as reliable. IMHO, if you run into problems using Zope in production, you'll more likely run into them with differences between Linux and its more enterprise-oriented cousins like Solaris or HP-UX. In all the years I've worked with UNIX, the only thing that flummoxed Linux was a kernel limitation that didn't exist in Solaris; as I remember it was about number of threads or locks or something arcane like that. Joe KE Liew wrote: > Hi all, > > i'll be starting a company soon using Plone/Zope, and have been > shopping around for a good foundation (OS) to lay it on and have some > doubts on whether my choice has been a good long standing decision. > > Debian sarge was the OS chosen. I've looked into Suse, but due to > financial cutbacks, I won't be able to use it. Though...there's an > open source version which I'm not sure of its reliability in > comparison with the Enterprise version. > > Now, seeing the 'latest' thread of a migration from debian to windows > concerns me. Was my choice a good one? > > Couple of things that I am unsure of. Are the stable package releases > sufficient for the Plone/Zope? Or will I be running into issues that I > have not seen yet. Bearing in mind that I'm a close-to-complete newbie > in this whole entire arena. > > I hope that you all will bear with my lack of knowledge. Hope that > you'll be able to give me some worthwhile advice...? > > > Kwang > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Setup mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup > _______________________________________________ Setup mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup
