Re: Free Linux to run Oracle

Mladen Gogala wrote:
> I've had enormous problems with FC5 and I've just tried with FC6. Oracle
> 10.2, I'm sorry to say, doesn't work on that distribution. In retrospect,
> I approve of Oracle's recent move into Linux arena. If red Hat did not
> have enough sense to make Oracle working on their distros, Oracle did the
> right thing, by taking care of the problem themselves. This commendable
> move, however, will not have much impact on Fedora which will have to be
> abandoned as an Oracle platform.
> As a person still running FC4 on my home computer, I started looking for
> the new candidates. So far, OpenSuse and Ubuntu seem like good
> alternatives. I planned on switching to FC6 over the Thanksgiving, but
> Oracle 10.2.0.1 did not work and, to add insult to the injury, FC6
> overwrote my grub installation, which was extremely annoying. Therefore,
> I'm soliciting opinions about OpenSuse and Ubuntu. Did anybody try these
> things? I know that Oracle 10 works on OpenSuse 10.1. What is a general
> opinion of that distribution?
>

We use RedHat EL 4/64 bit on our business servers. Oracle 10.2 is the business standard Oracle release we run in that environment.

In my home lab I use SUSE 10.1 with Oracle 10.2. The reason I use SUSE is Oracle support (even if it is by accident) and the inclusion of RAW support. This allows you to use ASM very easily.

Do I care that I must use a different distro of Linux at home vs. work?, not in the least. This is about Oracle, not Linux. Received on Sun Nov 05 2006 - 16:46:35 CST