Any plans for a server version of Trisquel?
Has there ever been plans to release a server edition of Trisquel? I know adding another version of the distro to the list adds more work to the one guy that packages it, but Ubuntu already has a version out that you could base it on.
The only issue I can possibly see is that the server edition has a separate kernel just for server installs and there may or may not be a substitute linux-libre kernel.
> Has there ever been plans to release a server edition of Trisquel? I
> know adding another version of the distro to the list adds more work
> to the one guy that packages it, but Ubuntu already has a version out
> that you could base it on.
Rubén, the developer, recommended using netinstall and installing later
the needed packages. What else should be done specially in the server
edition?
> The only issue I can possibly see is that the server edition has a
> separate kernel just for server installs and there may or may not be a
> substitute linux-libre kernel.
It can be done just like deblobbing other Ubuntu kernels (and probably
is already done).
I was thinking that earlier with the netinstall of Trisquel but the server optimized kernel was the big question mark in my original post. Is there generally a huge difference in speed or memory usage?
What's the difference between desktop and server?
* The first difference is in the CD contents. The "Server" CD avoids including what Ubuntu considers desktop packages (packages like X, Gnome or KDE), but does include server related packages (Apache2, Bind9 and so on). Using a Desktop CD with a minimal installation and installing, for example, apache2 from the network, one can obtain the exact same result that can be obtained by inserting the Server CD and installing apache2 from the CD-ROM.
* The Ubuntu Server Edition installation process is slightly different from the Desktop Edition. Since by default Ubuntu Server doesn't have a GUI, the process is menu driven, very similar to the Alternate CD installation process.
* Ubuntu server installs a server-optimized kernel by default.
* Ubuntu Desktop will receive 3 years of support, while Ubuntu Server will be supported for 5 years.
Source: http://bit.ly/qpziU3
I don't think anyone here really knows anything about the Ubuntu Server kernel. Quidam (the main Trisquel developer) might, but if you really want to know the difference between Ubuntu's regular and server kernels, it would probably be best to ask on the Ubuntu forums.
From memory the main differences are that the server kernel
uses the CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) and has a slower dispatch
slice timer (100?Hz as opposed to 255?Hz IIRC).
If someone needs such a kernel I would expect them to be able to select
those in a kernel 'make config' using the Debian custom kernel process
against the Trisquel kernel source. But I may be wrong.
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:41:26 +0200 (CEST)
name at domain wrote:
> I don't think anyone here really knows anything about the Ubuntu
> Server kernel. Quidam (the main Trisquel developer) might, but if
> you really want to know the difference between Ubuntu's regular and
> server kernels, it would probably be best to ask on the Ubuntu forums.