Re: Free Linux to run Oracle

On 2006-11-05, Tim <thenderson_at_mn.rr.com> wrote:
> Mladen Gogala wrote:

[deletia]
>> 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.

        Why does that make working with ASM easier?

        What would you expect to be missing in something like Debian or even RHEL in this particular case.

>
> 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.

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