Survey: Which Linux desktop would you run a test of Oracle on and why?
- From: "Jesse, Rich" <Rich.Jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:43:55 -0500
I'm struggling with getting CentOS 4.1 (RHEL 4 clone) configured as a
desktop that I can also run an instance of 9i, 10gR1, and/or 10gR2 on.
There's no way I should be having this many problems with an effing
wheel mouse, missing or sorely out-of-date RPMs, problematic RPMs
(openssl and a libcrypt.so.5 snafu), and so on. I still plan on using
it for a headless Linux server for Oracle testing, but not for a
desktop.
I had formerly been using Gentoo, but I'm sick of the way the Gentoo
Team keeps breaking Portage (try a revdep-rebuild after upgrading
openssl if you haven't done a emerge world in the last six months). I'm
thinking of going back to Gentoo and employing workarounds, but would
just as soon having something a little closer to "Oracle Certified" if
only to ease Oracle testing.
My main goals are:
1) Useable and customizeable desktop. (e.g. Enlightenment WM)
2) Oracle 9.2, 10.1, 10.2+ installable and as usable as a
"supported" Linux.
3) Avoid distros which make me do more work while attempting to
protect me from myself (e.g. Ubuntu).
Ideally, I'd like to get away from the RPM Hell, which significantly
narrows down the field, but I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.
Thoughts?
Rich
Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
rich.jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx QuadTech, Sussex, WI USA
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