On Tue, 2005-02-08 09:32:52 +0100, Dirk Ruediger <dgrue@web.de> wrote in message <[🔎] 42087934.4080703@web.de>: > One question I have is: is it possible to run a debian box if i have to > run proprietary software on it? It is. > I have a compaq proliant box running with debian in a production > environment and sometimes I consider switching to fedora because most > proprietary software (data bases, J2EE application servers, etc.) > provides linux support only for redhat and suse -- and I'm not always > free to choose Postgres and JBoss). "Providing support" means that somebody is willing to sign a contract that it'll run on an unaltered SuSE installation. This doesn't mean that it won't (technically) run on a Debian box. It only means that the guy sending you the software doesn't guarantee that it'll work. Arising problems (like incompatible libraries) can easily be resolved. If you've got a capable system operator around, this shouldn't be much of an issue. > I dont know If I run into real trouble when sticking to debian (but my > heart says "do it!" ;-). It's solely about support contracts. The software supplier may just tell you that he won't support his software on your operating system, so that's your job then. (Maybe you'd install a SuSE system into bochs or usermode linux or the like to have such a system available if the software actually breaks, though...) MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg _ _ O fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! O O O ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA));
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