I would HIGHLY recommend using SuSE Linux 10 which can be purchased or download from Novell directly at suse.com. Also, see the openSuSE project (essentially the open source community effort half of the SuSE/novell team).
I used to run RedHat but was disappointed in the drop to Fedora. I tried SuSE a few years ago and have never looked back. So easy to install and configure. The YaST systems management tool is amazing. You can still do everything the manual way (and I do sometimes). But the firewall is easy and strong, the package management is simple, the install resizes partitions (even NTFS). Just so many highly polished surfaces there. Try SuSE and see if you ever go back. I have run tomcat and SuSE in production for over a year and not had a problem and am now in the process of upgrading my production server to SuSE 10 and tomcat 5.5.12. So far so good. It's all working in my development area. The improvements in 5.5.12 are EXCELLENT. But there are significant changes in how you set up the server.xml file, so read up on the 5.5 doc page. I had previously only been using 5.0.x. ALso, I had some glitchy problems with 5.5.9. No reason to download it now anyhow, since 5.5.12 is stable release. I also recommend PostgreSQL 8.0 from postgresql.org if you need database (as i imagine you must) (open source and fully ansiSQL standard and RDBMS compliant, unlike mySQL --don't yell at me for saying so, please-- i know how much many people love mySQL. You have to build Postgresql from source on SuSE 10 since no rpms are out in the combination of those versions of SuSE and PGSQL. I tired to use older RPMS--not a good idea. But the build and install went perfectly. Be sure you have the proper dev packages installed before you try. If not, the documentation tells all you need to know. PostgreSQL 8.0, Tomcat 5.5.12, and SuSE 10 are real winners. I have had --no-- problems with the past versions, and these new versions seem up to par or better. I LOVE SuSE 10.0 for my desktop environment/school computing/web surfing/DVD watching(i use KDE) and run everything just described on my Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook. That's my developemnt envrionment. Obviously the combination of KDE and the servers on a notebook are no match for my production environment. but I must say, my notebook and the software on it do all I ever ask them to--school work, web surfing, large SQL routines, JVM, Tomcat--and a fair bit of graphics design. All on open source software. What a wonderful world we live in. (The DVD's I run on XINE, which I had to build, since XINE is stripped down for leagal reasons in SuSE 10, but the build installed great and runs with no problem just by typing xine in KDE). Justin --with more to say than you probably wanted to here --- John Geiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello: > > This is a little intimidating, but I am eager. I > hope I am in the right > place. > > I am a DHTML developerintermediate level. I¹ve been > exposed to JSP on an > iPlanet server, Sun OS 5.8 (but it is my client¹s > production server, and I¹m > reluctant to mess around there!) > > I now have my own Tomcat install kind-of-working on > a Fedora Core 2 box. It > is Tomcat 5.0.x with Apache 1.3. > > I am studying an APress book called ³JSP 2.0 Novice > to Professional,² but > get errors with some of the exercises. (The book is > great! Makes it sound so > easy ;-) > > My main question is: Can someone recommend a proven > Linux, Apache 2 Tomcat > 5.5 combinationcould be unix, too. > > I figure I should set up a stable development rig > firstone that I could > eventually rely on in a light production > environment. > > Also: I am interested in finding a tutor/mentor in > the San Francisco Bay > Area. > > Any advice would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > John G. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]