I have been in your situatuion before. I would try the Centos for your project since it is very closely related to Red Hat. This way if management were to decide to spring for a supported license you could use Red Hat and be comfortable with the result. Otherwise the Debian will probably meet you needs. By the way I have not installed DB2Connect under Linux as yet so this is purely from a Linux perspective.
Ruddy Melancon Alabama Dept of Transportation -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Bonno, Tuco Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:02 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: intro, & request for advice ... please allow me to introduce myself. I am new to this listserver community. I am an mvs systems programmer w/ about 30 years experience with ibm mainframe o/s-s (s360 thru z/os), plus about 12 years experience w/ ibm’s UnixSystemsServices/OpenEdition, and its related hierarchical file system (HFS). I have been given a mission to install a Linux o/s on an IFL lpar on one of our Z9 mainframe platforms, and hence have found my way here, to this community. the PURPOSE of the Linux IFL lpar will be to host DB2Connect. The install is going to be standalone directly into the IFL lpar (the governmental agency I work for does not wish to spend any money for a Z/VM license – or for anything else connected w/ this op.). So I’m also going to need a FREE distribution of Linux. So far I have discovered about 3 of these ‘free’ Linuxes: Centos, Debian, and the one available from the marist.edu . question: can anyone offer me some advice on which one I should use (please keep in mind the purpose is to host DB2Connect) ? question: can anyone recommend any good cookbook manuals to use? on my own, I’ve discovered quite a few books out there on the internet, but I would like to save some time and not have to download each one to check it out …. question: anyone have any gp (general purpose, across the board) words of wisdom he/she would care to share? thank you for your indulgence. /s/ tuco bonno graduate, College of Conflict Management; University of Southeast Asia; "I partied on the Ho Chi Minh Trail - tiến lên !! "
