CentOS would be good in that case. It is a binary compatible, as it is built from the same sources, RH. Ubuntu is based on Debian is it not? But definitely with RHx or CentOSx you'll get a longer release cycle of the OS itself.
Wade ================== Wade Chandler, CCE Software Engineer and Developer, Certified Forensic Computer Examiner, NetBeans Dream Team Member, and NetBeans Board Member http://www.certified-computer-examiner.com http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/NetBeansDreamTeam http://www.netbeans.org ----- Original Message ---- > From: Martin Buchholz <[email protected]> > To: Kelly O'Hair <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected]; build-dev <[email protected]>; Xiomara > Jayasena <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 4:07:15 AM > Subject: Re: Heads Up: JDK 7 Linux platforms moving to Fedora 9 > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:39, Kelly O'Hair wrote: > > So what we need to do is figure out if there is a way to build > > on Fedora9 that allows the product to work better on other systems, > > or if we need to change to something other than Fedora9. > > > > Constructive suggestions are welcome. > > I suggest not trying to use Fedora9 for release engineering builds. > Let individual developers use Fedora, if they wish. > > Use one of the stable supported releases (or their clones) that > include glibc 2.3. Either RHEL 4 or Ubuntu dapper would qualify. > > Martin
