Hi, Re: Linux Distributions IMO, due to the refocussing of business and acquisition, etc, we are still somewhat in a state of flux. I think main questions that you (Alberto) need to answer is: - Do I want to have OS support 24x7, e-mail, telephone, volunteers? - What is the likelihood that I am going to have a software failure for which a vendor's assistance is vital?
My recommendations would be: (alhpabetic ordering) - If you need to have vendor support: Novell or Red Hat - If you are willing to rely on email, etc: Debian, Fedora - Others: Gentoo, Knoppix, etc, etc, etc I hope that we (WorldVistA/Hardhats) settle on a few distributions so that there can be expertise in the adminstration of these systems. They all have unique things, so it is confusing (from a giving advice perspective) to have different distributions. Generally one needs to know which distribution is being asked about -- even if they are all running the same identical Linux kernel. The difference is NOT Linux, it is the stuff that the distribution has integrated. Over the past 4-5 years there has been quite a number of distributions (flavors) of GNU Linux that people have been using. Issues can arise because of these, so it can be unnecessarily confusing. For myself, I intend to be able to advise people running: SuSE 9.3+, Fedora Core 3+ and Red Hat (version TBD). Other varieties may be supported in the future. There are enough administrative differences (SuSE uses YAST, etc) that giving advice can be tricky. (Note: I can advise on the older version of some of these, but have stated support for the current (now) and future versions, from now. Cheers, --ldl On 5/25/05, Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First, do you have anything you are in love with on your Fedora 2 machine? If > no, why not start by getting yourself an up to date version of Linux version. > > Rat Hat and Suse have Enterprise versions. It have been thinking that might > be nice to my feet wet with one of those that a hospital or perhaps a > practice installing VistA-Office might like to use for that reason as it will > have support guaranteed to be available. > > Red Hats non-enterprise offspring is Fedora, as you know, and tends to be a > "bit bleeding edge" as others more than me have said. (One with a name > beginning with a B comes to mind, and my son as well.) > > Then there is Suse, and I would like to have someone comment on Suse as you > can download it for bargain use vs. the Enterprise version. > > Also, maybe some know about the quality and depth of the support available to > a large enterprise for the other distros. > > On Wednesday 25 May 2005 10:27 am, Alberto Odor wrote: > > Well, I'm decided to give OpenVistA as much time as I can. I downloaded a > > lot of stuff yesterday like: > > > > 1. OpenVistA VIVA FOIA Gold 20050212.iso > > 2. OpenVistA SemiVIVA FOIA Gold 20050212.tar.gz > > 3. GT.MAcculturation0.3.iso > > > > I have a Linux Server with Fedora2 I can use as I only use it for testing. > > (Linux is not my strong point) > > I also have a Windows Server and a couple of PCs with WindowsXP I can use. > > > > If you would like to have a DEMO site, how would you start? Please > > elaborate as much as you want to ;) > > > > Once I have a Demo site, I plan to try and make an installation from the VA > > files on GT.M. (I also have Cache's demo disk - one user version). > > > > Thanks, > > > > Alberto Odor, MD > > Mexico City > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Nancy Anthracite > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: GoToMeeting - the easiest way to collaborate > online with coworkers and clients while avoiding the high cost of travel and > communications. There is no equipment to buy and you can meet as often as > you want. Try it free.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7402&alloc_id=16135&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > -- LD Landis - N0YRQ - from the St Paul side of Minneapolis ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: GoToMeeting - the easiest way to collaborate online with coworkers and clients while avoiding the high cost of travel and communications. There is no equipment to buy and you can meet as often as you want. Try it free.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt02&alloc_id135&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
