Thank Jacques Yes I have just downloaded 7.10 and in the meantime have looked at java wiki info ... it looked to be a much better solution and most importantly the documentation is well planned and more ubundant ... on that note I would have to say documentaiton is where a lot of open source projects fall down. Once I get ofbiz up and running I will be more than happy to donate my time to the documentation as long as the wiki is easy to access
I have to agree Ubuntu is the way to go especially if you are more used to windows gui than linux command prompt terminal and do not wish to wayed through copious amounts of fragmented documentation to execute a task Thanks for everyones input on this matter Phil > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacques Le Roux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2007 5:28 PM > To: user@ofbiz.apache.org > Subject: Re: Java installation nightmare CentOS 5 - Ubuntu > > Personnaly I prefer to use Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. 6.06 indicates that this > version was launched in june 2006. Last version is just out : > 7.10, an intermediate version. LTS stands for Long Time Support, ie 5 > years. . Intermediate version have plenty of new things but > can't be viewed as stable as LTS (Debian's spirit : take your time) and > are not supported at a business level (if you really need > some help with an issue in production or such). > > De : "Philip Laing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Hi Walter > > Would you care to elaborate and I will move over to Ubuntu Server and > make > > an observation on Wiki > > > > What benefits do I receive? > > I'm primarily a Windows user and I can certify that Ubuntu is really easy > to install and use. One one of the advantages is that > there are plenty of forums to help. And actually Ubuntu is founded on > Debian so you also benefit of all the knowledge of this > community. For instance > http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Ubuntu_Java_JRE/JDK_installation_with_java- > package or > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java > > > Is the correct Sun JDK Java installed? > > No but it's not hard to install (see above) > You can have many java version installed and use "sudo update-alternatives > --config java" to choice the java version you want to use > (to know the current : "java -version"). > > Note : with Ubuntu 7.04 you have the Sun jdk 1.6 pre-installed > > > What version of Postgres is installed? > > I believe on 6.06 it's still 7.4 by default (not sure). But anyway you can > upgrade easily > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostgreSQL?highlight=%28postgres%29 > > > Any problems I might need to look out for > > I can't see any for of course you will cross some... > > Jacques > > > > > Thanks > > > > Phil > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Walter Vaughan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2007 10:24 PM > > > To: user@ofbiz.apache.org > > > Subject: Re: Java installation nightmare CentOS 5 > > > > > > Philip Laing wrote: > > > > > > > Can someone kindly steer me in the right direction. > > > > > > Here's where Ubuntu "just works better". > > > With an Ubuntu server CD, 30-45 minutes and an internet connection and > > > less than > > > a dozen steps you can install OFBiz on a barebones box, with no magic > > > incantations. > > > > > > I don't have the time, but perhaps even a better long term solution > for a > > > OFBiz > > > demo would be to have a script that builds a bootable iso for a > > > flash/thumb/jump > > > drive. > > > > > > Might be a nice hobby to do over the Chrismas Holdays. > >
