[custom] Debian Enterprise - a Custom Debian Distribution
Seems like now is a good time to start a new thread. Including [custom]
tag too...
On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 22:36, Alexander Kitzberger wrote:
> Hello,
> we and a couple of other linux companies are also thinking this way,
> and we would like also to support a enterprise debian.
>
> We have the problem that debian has to compete to suse and red hat
> enperprise servers which are certified for oracle, etc.
>
> We like the idea in having also a enterprise debian to have a
> alternative, because we like using debian more that other distributions.
>
> Please inform me if you have any other new regarding this project.
I have started a web site at
http://debian-enterprise.org/
with various ideas. I shall cut and paste into email below for comment.
> I talked to joey a few weeks ago about an ideas that goes into the same
> direction:
>
> This is a extract of my conversation with joey:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hello Joey,
> > we and some other linux companies are thinking about some
> > things for a while. And now the aquisition of suse make this more actual.
> >
> > We and the other companies would like to start a new sub-project
> > under the debian project that may be called "business debian"
> > or "enterprise debian"
> >
> > The aim of this project is to make a homepage (subdomain or subsection
> > od the debian homepage) to present case studies and reference projects
> > that service companies like us realized.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
To get the discussion under way, here are the ideas I have collated over
the last few weeks:
Current Ideas List
SCOPE
- enterprise: company, business, organisation ?
- for-profit | non-profit ?
- target users: "enterprise" system administrators
- clustering ?
- ISPs ?
- government bodies ?
- free software only scope
- security scope
- hardware spec scope - do we support 386s?, 486s?
- deployment scope, eg installations of
- thin terminals
- pc as - router, bridge
- firewalls
- workstations
- servers - eg. DB, SAMBA, mail, http[s], ftp[s]
- secure by default installation?
TARGET USERBASE
- administrators who want to become proficient and knowledgable
- administrators who are already proficient and knowledgable
SECURITY GOALS
- what's optional, what's standard
REALISATION OF GOALS
- meta/ task packages - Debian FLAVOURS (to be implemented,
but proposed some time back)
- website, support forum?, lists, irc, wiki
- documentation
- tutorials ?
- base packages (all Debian "required", since we are debian sub, plus
ssh, evms, kernel-linux-deb-ent, ???)
- debconf package configurations (with "enterprise" defaults)
- custom CD, live CD (debix/ knoppix installer discussions on -devel)
- secure live CD?
DOCUMENTATION
- one-page (where possible, absolute max of one page) install (apt-get)
and config guides: the goal being to provide instant recipie/ solution
for the busy (or just learning, or having to deliver RIGHT NOW)
sys admin. !!
- integration with LDP
- write a manual (debian admin guide additional chapters) and have it
printed and distributed in bookstores
COLLABORATION
- GNU ERP software project ?name?
- I think working with the RHE Fedora project might be important 1st step
- red hat stuff - eg. open carpet (ala red carpet)?
LEVERAGE
- base our initial kernels on the RHE kernels...
Regards
Zenaan
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