Re: [BLUG] NOV meeting topic

Perhaps for a meeting taking place in Dec. or later I could do a
presentation on Linux on SPARC - Ubuntu has a version that will run
natively on SPARC (see much more at

http://www.linux.com/base/ldp/howto/SPARC-HOWTO.html). At my workplace,
for our web-based application servers they've invested in a tricked-out
Sun Blade T6320 with 8 cores - 64 threads, 64 GB memory, 176 Gbps I/O
throughput, 10 GbE networking.
As for the virtualization capabilities - Hypervisors, Xen and Solaris
containers - kicks the snot out of VMware in terms of building a
virtual web farm. You can also mix & match with Linux, Solaris, Windoze
in the same chassis.
I'd like to help get this set up at work and then have the results
become part of a future presentation.

Quoting Steven Black <blacks@indiana.edu>:

> So I and a few others were at the Ohio Linux Conference. While
> I was there, I talked to some folks from Foresight Linux:
>

http://www.foresightlinux.org/
>
> It looks like a really interesting distribution, particularly
> for folks that like GNOME, as their release schedule closely
> follows that of GNOME. (As in, their users have the next
> version of GNOME before it hits the official GNOME servers.)
>
> It also has some interesting features for folks that like the
> bleeding edge. The package management system appears to integrate
> features more commonly found in version control systems -- to
> the point that configuration file changes are merged in, instead
> of over-writing the whole file. Additionally the system supports
> package roll-back back to the point of the initial installation.
>
> In any case, I think it sounds like an interesting distribution
> that many people may be interested in hearing about. Unfortunately,
> I don't have the time to play with it. However, I thought I'd
> mention it for the November meeting. Someone else may be equally
> interested, and if they're going to check it out, they may as well
> share with us what their thoughts and feelings are.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven Black
>
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