fyi for those interested in PostgreSQL...
Hi everyone, One of the reasons often cited as to why MySQL is more popular than PostgreSQL is ease-of-use. We're hoping to help change that. We've just released a PostgreSQL software appliance we believe will make it easier for people to try out PostgreSQL and see just how far the software has come. Let me back up a bit... I am one of the developers for TurnKey Linux, a new opensource project that develops a family of lightweight installable live CDs optimized for various server-type tasks including LAMP, Ruby on Rails, Django, Joomla, Drupal, MediaWiki, and others: http://www.turnkeylinux.org/appliances This type of pre-integrated, ready-to-use system is typically called a software appliance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_appliance Our project's goal is to build software appliances that are easy to use, easy to deploy and free. In a nutshell, we believe everything that can be easy, should be easy! We just released TurnKey PostgreSQL, an easy-to-use, lightweight, installable live CD of the PostgreSQL relational database engine that can run on real hardware in addition to most types of virtual machines. It features a Mac OS X-themed Web management interface and a Python configuration and installation console. It is based on Ubuntu 8.04.1 Hardy LTS, and is designed to provide users with a pre-integrated, automatically updated, turn-key operating system environment that is carefully built from the ground up with the minimum components needed to run PostgreSQL with maximum usability, efficiency, and security. Key features: * auto-updated daily with latest security patches * MacOS X themed web management interface * easy to use configuration console (written from scratch in Python) * packaged as an installable Live CD that runs on real machines and VMs * minimal footprint (152MB) - includes only minimum required components * based on Ubuntu 8.04.1 Hardy LTS http://www.turnkeylinux.org/appliances/postgresql Check it out and tell us what you think! Also, we need help spreading the word that an easy-to-use PostgreSQL software appliance exists. Any ideas? Cheers, Liraz -- Website: http://www.turnkeylinux.org/ Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~liraz-siri --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/mixed text/plain (text body -- kept) message/rfc822 --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
