[aida] Linux Recommendations

[Chris Dawson]

Ubuntu just works.  I installed the Squeak package without any problems.
I'm happy to help you through installation.

Chris

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Rob Rothwell <r.j.rothwell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just wondering what flavor of Linux anybody out there would recommend to
> ensure minimal difficulty getting a standard Swazoo/Aida image to run.  I am
> NOT a Linux guy...my experience with Unix flavors goes back to VAX and
> Cromemco FORTRAN and Pascal programming...
>
> However, we managed to get pretty standard server with dual processors and
> 16GB or RAM, but couldn't scrape enough money together for our a version of
> Microsoft Server that can handle that much memory...!  (I'm not wishing we
> did, it's just that's what our outsourced IT department primarily supports!)
>
> Anyway, just looking for experiences.  I am not planning on doing anything
> "fancy" right now except serving up Squeak Aida applications and hopefully
> some VMWare appliances to let us run some existing MS Access data
> transformation tools we have built.
>
> I just thought I'd ask here because I didn't want to have a hard time with
> Aida since my application is coming along so nicely!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
>
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