I wasn't joking when I said I wanted a server kernel
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Ubuntu has a kernel optimized for servers and Trisquel is based off of the free packages of Ubuntu with a Libre kernel. How hard would it be to offer a server kernel similar to the one in Ubuntu, but instead a Libre one that matches the same version as Ubuntu's? Heck if you guys can keep up with the 5 year LTS cycle as well, it would be fucking awesome.
I ask this because down the road I want to expand some projects and would be nice to have server(s) running a variant of Trisquel instead of Ubuntu Server. I would really like to have a totally free operating system on the server side as well, but if this is too much work for the team I understand. Just throw me a bone with a server kernel.
To make this happen do I need to donate like a lot of money? I surely cannot be the only one who wants a totally libre server kernel.
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:35:24 -0300, <name at domain> wrote:
Hi tegskywalker, your question is very interesting (sorry for my bad
english)
> Ubuntu has a kernel optimized for servers and Trisquel is based off of
> the free packages of Ubuntu with a Libre kernel. How hard would it be to
> offer a server kernel similar to the one in Ubuntu, but instead a Libre
> one that matches the same version as Ubuntu's? Heck if you guys can keep
> up with the 5 year LTS cycle as well, it would be fucking awesome.
>
Well, The kernel that ubuntu ships with server version, has just
minor differences with the kernel for desktop version...
Section {Server and Desktop Differences}
https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/serverguide/C/preparing-to-install.html
Thats the link, maybe the whole distro (packages and all the
configuration) are
optimized for server tasks. But if you are interested just in the kernel,
maybe
you can "cook" a kernel with the options mentioned in the previous link.
> I ask this because down the road I want to expand some projects and
> would be nice to have server(s) running a variant of Trisquel instead of
> Ubuntu Server. I would really like to have a totally free operating
> system on the server side as well, but if this is too much work for the
> team I understand. Just throw me a bone with a server kernel.
>
My vote for a server flavor too =)
> To make this happen do I need to donate like a lot of money? I surely
> cannot be the only one who wants a totally libre server kernel.
>
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I realized I couldn't edit my post when I meant "server edition" because you guys apparently have a kernel at http://packages.trisquel.info/taranis-updates/linux-image-server which I think has the same optimizations as the official ubuntu one?
If that has the exact same optimizations as the official server, I shall insert foot into mouth right about now. I do think it would be nice to have a server edition though. :-)
P.S. I may even recommend a server edition to my local webhost if it existed.
What about installing the Netinstall, switch to the server kernel and install the software you need (Apache?, MySQL?, Samba?, Nagios?; etc.).
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