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I'm looking for some Linux advice

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Dear Linux experts I wonder if you can help me, I have a simple thing I want to do.

* I want a small footprint (Disk space not memory) Linux installation, I don't need OpenOffice, Gimp or the hundreds of other utilities that are installed when I install most Linux OS's
* I want to be able to run/Install Sametime for Linux without having to recompile a kernel or do anything where I need to become an expert in Linux
* Preferably one of the free Linux distributions

Basically I want to create a VM where I can run Sametime and test my plugins under Linux. I downloaded the Fedora ISO, but even when I deselected Applications during the install, it still installed OpenOffice and everything else.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Posted by Carl Tyler On 02/27/2008 | Permalink |

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1 - I run G os for the kids, works well, might be light enough and work

Posted by Chris Miller At 12:46:15 PM On 02/27/2008 | - Website - |

2 - I run SUSE ES 10.

I am using the DVDI got from Novell at Lotusphere '08

Posted by Luis Guirigay At 01:18:14 PM On 02/27/2008 | - Website - |

3 - I run SUSE ES 10.<br /><br />I am using the DVD I got from Novell at Lotusphere '08

Posted by Luis Guirigay At 01:18:22 PM On 02/27/2008 | - Website - |

4 - I am a big fan of Debian but for Sametime maybe Ubuntu Server Alpha 5 at { Link } makes more sense. It is quite stable, runs Domino 8.0.1 out of the box and is free as in beer. 15 minutes of install and for sure no Open Office if you take the server CD. Fedora is for Desktop use.

Posted by Henning Heinz At 02:51:14 PM On 02/27/2008 | - Website - |

5 - @4 is on the right track. "server" version s tend to have less of the "application stack" that you are trying to avoid. I would say to take your favorite (aka most familiar) Linux and go with it's server incarnation.

Posted by Glen At 02:53:30 PM On 02/27/2008 | - Website - |

6 - gOS as Chris suggested was what I was going to suggest myself, but I didn't know of this possibility of installing "server versions" for minimalistic installations. Sounds interesting.

I would of course avoid SUSE or any Novell product.

Posted by Pedro Quaresma At 06:40:15 AM On 02/28/2008 | - Website - |

7 - I have tested many Linuxes for usability with IBM Lotus Notes/Domino, both WINE and Linux versions.

Fedora 8, PCLinuxOS 2008, openSUSE 10.3 all have problems with graphics speed, both WINE and Linux apps.

Ubuntu kicks totally ass in graphics speed, both WINE and Linux apps, 820+ FPS from WINE 3D OpenGL games (selfmade), and you can also see the speed when resizing windows in Linux (for example Firefox), and especially when resizing WINE Notes 8.0.1 All Client windows. You need to install the graphics drivers with Envy (google: envy, 1st entry, some guy from italy), it does a few thousand settings and things, fully automatic and your graphics speed is quaranteed.

Actually I'm thinking also to use Ubuntu Server for Domino, but I need to test it more.

Posted by Mika Heinonen At 06:08:07 PM On 03/11/2008 | - Website - |