Hi Wim, aside from the obvious issue with colormask (WIP) and yes it's clearly a big > deal that is going to be addressed - what else is there that you'd want to > see? >
Well that would be very nice. To be honest that and lack of sound are the only problems I have on my system that won't be fixed automatically when I upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 to 10..04 Given that we have Oracle Enterprise Linux (which btw is a -free- download > and -free- use - it doesn't require support subscriptions if you don't want > support nor does it require support subscriptions to just download) of > course we are going to make sure that that's fully supported and on par with > Solaris and make it easy to install/package etc... > Key problems with Oracle Enterprise Linux 1. I don't want an "Enterprise" product. It always finds a way to mean "expensive" and "not everything is open". 2. I run SRSS at home on a very nice Sun Server (SunFire V20Z) with 5 Sun Ray 1g's. It has been running for 5 years and has been incredibly reliable and still gets faster with each Ubuntu release I install. 3. Ubuntu is ideal for our needs, it has a highly attractive user interface and an excellent set of applications that are packaged in a superbly robust way. Far easier to administer than any other Linux I have used (many over the years, although not in the last few years as Ubuntu works so well). 4. We use Ubuntu on our laptops and netbooks as well, much easier to use the same thing everywhere. I have seen a number of folks running ubuntu but that by itself is quite a > bit different in terms of packaging and quite frankly work/effort but I > would like to understand what in particular attracts folks to using ubuntu > for sun rays. is there anything that we are missing in OEL in particular, > what is it that you are looking for that's not there ? > Key is a fully open distribution that is consumer orientated with plenty of free support available plus books etc widely available. > also re ubuntu : there really are 2 ways to look at it, one is to use and > run ubuntu desktops with oracle vdi the other is the standard sun ray server > install directly on ubuntu. first one is there today , second one is just, > as I said, a lot different than supporting rhel or oel and you can do if you > hack your stuff together today. > I have SRSS installed directly on 64 bit Ubuntu 8.04 running directly on my SunFire V20Z. I do not have any virtualisations installed, I don't support windows desktops anywhere on this system and don't want to. I would like to see the wiki page detailing how to install SRSS on Ubuntu be officially maintained with support given to gradually make it easier. While a fully automated install would be nice (and would particularly help with sound which I don't have working at present) I don't do upgrades very often (generally about every 2 years), simply because it works so well (which is why I invested in it). > virtualizing - is anyone running sun ray server virtualized ? would it help > if we made full images available for download (would be for Oracle VM - btw > also free download and use) that contained OEL and Sun Ray Server > pre-installed and preconfigured for the standard setup ? > Nope not interested. Dave -- Dave Warnock: http://42.blogs.warnock.me.uk
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