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20050307: recommended Linux version

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  • Subject: 20050307: recommended Linux version
  • Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 09:18:47 -0700
>From: "Rich Korb" <address@hidden>
>Organization: AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc.
>Keywords: 200503071610.j27GAgv2000203 LDM equipment

Hi again Rich,

>Do you guys a recommendation of a good free version of Linux to use?  A
>particular version of redhat that works well?  Like redhat workstation or
>server? 

We do run RH Enterprise WS 3 in house, but we are currently most
impressed with Fedora Core 3 64-bit Linux.  We have been running this
relase on Sun V20Zs in a clustered configuration for LDM/IDD data
provision and we absolutely are amazed at FC3's performance compared to
FreeBSD; 5.3 and Solaris x86 10.  The V20Zs 2U rackmount servers do not
function well as user workstations since their video support is poor.
As data servers, however, they really perform especially when using FC3
64-bit.

Cheers,

Tom
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