PythonHack wrote: > Hey Plonistas > > I FINALLY get to set up a linux box! (there is a God after all) and I > need to impress the bean-counters. > > This box will be used for python/zope/plone development (and proof of > the stack) but I need a kickstart selecting a linux flavor. > > I have tons of DOS/windows experience (25+ years) but virtually none of > unix/linux. I am confident I can learn what I need to 'on the fly' but > right now the OS has to 'just work' (I can't get into compiling it, etc.) > > I need to setup multiple instances of plone 3 with zeo (via buildout) as > quickly as possible and with the absolute least difficulty. I may also > be setting up: > - pound with apache (it's a quad core box) > - entransit and/or deliverance > - varnish > > I had looked at centOS and ubuntu server.
I run a CentOS and multiple Ubuntu machines, and the CentOS one is an absolute PITA. Ubuntu is much simpler. > > I was about to install ubuntu server but I just noticed that it uses > .deb instead of .rpm. Is ubuntu going to be a limitation for me later > on, or are debian versions universally available? More so than rpms - I have far more headaches getting rpms to play nice together than I do with ubuntu and debs. Some days I could kill the guy who decided to go with CentOS. Just remember to completely ignore zope & plone in the package system (whether you use CentOS or Ubuntu) - they're practically stone-age. Also, put all Plone "sites" in their own zope databases (ZODB) - we didn't do that and retrofitting is becoming a problem... The system grew rather faster than expected :-) -- derek _______________________________________________ Product-Developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/product-developers
