Re: Free Linux to run Oracle

From: JEDIDIAH <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 14:20:38 -0600
Message-ID: <m1i424-3q7.ln1@nomad.mishnet>

On 2006-11-06, DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote:

> HansF wrote:

>> On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:32:24 -0800, DA Morgan wrote:
>>

>>> JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>>> On 2006-11-06, DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote:
>>>>> Mladen Gogala wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I was asking for opinions on free distros, not on the lectures on Oracle
>>>>>> support, universe and everything. Do you have an opinion of any free
>>>>>> distribution or not?
>>>>> Yes. Given that you are an Oracle consultant and need a platform from
>>>>> which you can work ... stay away from them.
>>>> 	Actually, learning to run Oracle on any random distribution that may 
>>>> be plopped in front of you will give you an enhanced understanding of how to 
>>>> work with Linux and put you head and shoulders above some of the other 
>>>> pretenders.
>>>>
>>>> 	Consider the fight with Fedora as part of the learning experience.
>>>>
>>>> 	Sweat in peacetime saves blood in wartime... not just for Marines.
>>> Three seconds before, unless you have an evil clone, you wrote:
>>>
>>> "If you are interested in trying to get real work done whether
>>> it is on the desktop or on the server then you should at least bother
>>> to NOT INSTALL A KNOWN EXPERIMENTAL VERSION OF THE PRODUCT."
>>>
>>> It seems to me you are disagreeing with yourself.

>>
>> I think he's saying
>>
>> - for real work, use certified product;
>>
>> - for learning
>>
>> ... to learn ORACLE use certified Linux, clone or one known to work &
>> already 'integrated' by the community (orarun, cookbook, or equiv);
>>
>> ... to learn Oracle ENVIRONMENT, learn how to integrate
>> using one of the public betas, Fedora, or equiv.
>>
>> He just said it much more elegantly than I could...
>>
>> <g>

>
> I read it as "spend a lot of time learning to fix something you'll never
> actually do in the real world." I thought ... "thanks but I already have
> more than enough to do." <g>

	If you always have a sysadmin to bail you out... 

	That might actually apply in your case. Many of us would prefer not 

to be helpless in that sort of position.

        All shoehorning Oracle onto a distro that doesn't already support it will do is give you a more intimate understanding of what Oracle's OS level dependencies are and how to use Unix.

        I guess you're right... Oracle DBAs never use Unix.

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