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From: Mihamina Rakotomandimby <mihamina@rktmb.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] advice about Gentoo (Oracle, Java, VMWare...)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:05:53 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F2141A1.1050101@rktmb.org> (raw)

Hi all,

I have been a former user, and in my new occupation I think Gentoo could 
be a perfect tool.

Context
- I admin a server for PHP and Java Web developers
- I have to run a Gentoo host which have LXC guests (also Gentoo-only).
- About the LXC guests
-- 1 LXC guest with PHP4 (with custom ./configure options)
-- 1 LXC guest with PHP 5.2 (with custom ./configure options)
-- 1 LXC guest with PHP 5.3 (with custom ./configure options)
-- 1 LXC guest with Tomcat + Oracle + Oracle's Java
- I'll also need to host several ready to boot VMWare Windows VM images
   (containing IE6, for compatibility tests): I guess I'll have to
   install a VMWare server
- I *only* want to install with the distribution packaging tool.

Is Gentoo a good choice? I think yes because:
- Installing PHP4, PHP5.2 is just about unmasking and install
- Installing VMWare server is easy

But...
- Installing Oracle's Java is not so easy: http://goo.gl/tbBFW


I master Debian based administration with some knowledges of packaging, 
but this is the fisrt time I have to deal with Sun/Oracles products 
which I know are not really Linux friendly.

What's your opinion?

-- 
RMA.



             reply	other threads:[~2012-01-26 12:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-26 12:05 Mihamina Rakotomandimby [this message]
2012-01-26 12:33 ` [gentoo-user] Re: advice about Gentoo (Oracle, Java, VMWare...) Nikos Chantziaras
2012-01-26 14:20   ` Andrés Becerra Sandoval
2012-01-27  6:19   ` Mihamina Rakotomandimby
2012-01-27  7:48     ` Alan McKinnon
2012-01-27  8:03       ` Mihamina Rakotomandimby
2012-01-27 16:24       ` Paul Hartman
2012-01-28 17:45 ` [gentoo-user] " AGagliardi

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