Yes, Jacques, that's exactly right. Mandrake Cooker is what is
normally considered a "Beta", but it has excellent support and,
if you can compile your own kernel, works beautifully. It is,
however, my favorite distribution.
On 02/11/2004 06:53:37 PM, Jacques Kilchoer wrote:
> I'm still a Linux newbie I guess because this "cooker" vs. "Gentoo"
> is
> =
> confusing me. My understanding is:
> "cooker" relates to newer versions of Mandrake Linux which is based
> on
> =
> the Redhat distribution.
> Gentoo is a separate distribution which is source-based.
> SUSE Linux (owned by Novell) is a distribution sold commercially but
> for =
> which the source code is not available, and SUSE is one of the
> partners =
> in United Linux which is now defunct.
>
> So United Linux 1.0 and SUSE Linux would be synonymous.
>
> So when you say "cooker" is your favourite Linux version for an
> Oracle
> =
> database I don't understand because I thought that cooker meant a
> "beta" =
> distribution.
>
> Is the information I see on this webpage accurate?
> http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=3Dmajor
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Mladen Gogala
> >=20
> > On 02/11/2004 03:24:09 PM, Jacques Kilchoer wrote:
> > :
> > >=20
> > > For those of you running Linux in production - do you stick=20
> > with an =3D
> > > Oracle certified release?
> >=20
> > Yes. No supported release =3D> no support. If I get ORA-600 (which,
> of =
> =20
> > course, never happens) I need to have someone to ask for help.
> >=20
> > > I'm not talking about the cowboys that
> > > install =3D
> > > on a laptop for testing purposes and compile Linux from scratch
> with
> > > the =3D
> > > right tweaks to avoid ORA-600 errors.
> >=20
> > You'll be interested to learn that I achieved a good performance on
> =20
> > both cooker and RH-9 with JFS downloaded directly from IBM=20
> > and compiled
> > directly into the kernel. JFS supports "setall" value in the =20
> > "filesystemio_options" parameter and 1.1.4 has had some performance
> =20
> > optimizations. That is, I suppose, what you call "cowboy stuff".
> > I love cooker for always being on the bleeding edge.
> >=20
> > >=20
> > > My guess would be that most Oracle installations on Linux=20
> > are either =20
> > > =3D
> > > RedHat or SuSe - is there a survey out there that shows=20
> > which Linux =3D
> > > versions are most popular for Oracle databases?
> >=20
> > Cooker. Definitely Cooker. It's my personal favorite. I like=20
> > sticking =20
> > with known stuff, unlike some fans of the Gentoo distribution.
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