RE: [cinjug-users] Java Developer friendly *nix distro

["Baxter, Frank \(LNG-CON\)" <frank.baxter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ubuntu does have a server version, I played with it too then backed off and just put the desktop version back on.  On the rare occasions when I needed graphical tools on my server box I liked being able to do that.

 

I know that they have tomcat, the jdks, etc since I've used it.  I don't know about cruisecontrol or anthill, but it's easy to just google ubuntu and cruisecontrol to find out.  One of the nice things about Ubuntu is it's well supported by the community.  Chances are somebody has already done what you wanted and documented somewhere on the net.

 

Back to your original question - I don't know of a Java specific distribution that has everything set up out of the box for Java development.  Most of these systems offer very flexible installation options so you can tailor it how you want.  The real question is does the distribution have every package you want, and if not how hard is it to install what's missing?

 

Frank

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From: tdicks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tdicks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tad
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:08 AM
To: Baxter, Frank (LNG-CON)
Cc: users@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cinjug-users] Java Developer friendly *nix distro

I've played with Ubuntu as a desktop system and was thinking more of 
a centeral server for developers to connect to.  I believe Ubuntu has a 
server "variant" of their distro maybe I should look into it.  I know most 
linux distro's come preloaded with various db's and more common developer 
tools.  I didn't think they included Jsp containers, or the automation 
tools like cruisecontrol or anthill  standard or even the JDK. 

-Tad

On 9/20/07, Baxter, Frank (LNG-CON) <frank.baxter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Everybody has a different opinion on Linux distributions, but I prefer a Debian based system, Ubuntu in particular for desktop work.  It contains most of what you mentioned in their source repository already. 

 

Licensing isn't an issue for Java, you can download the distributions directly from the Sun site just like the Windows versions.

 

Frank

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From: java user [mailto:java-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:49 AM
To: users@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cinjug-users] Java Developer friendly *nix distro

I'm looking for a linux/bsd distro that would be preloaded with tools for development (java in particular).  Preferably it would come with a selection of  source repositories (cvs/subversion),  servers  (tomcat/jboss/jetty/apache etc), databases, project automation tools (ant/cruise control), bug tracking tools and anything else a group of developers might need.  I know that in the past, including the JDK and/or JRE on linux was an issue because of licensing issues and thus including any software dependant on them seemed to be an issue too.  However I believe the situation has or is changing.  

So any ideas?

Thanks,
Tad