[rt-users] Advice for New Machine

Fri Mar 13 16:59:48 EDT 2009

When it comes to RT, I actually run a mixed approach.

I run a standard distro (in the case here Ubuntu Server 8 LTS), for things like apache, perl, etc.  However once the basic system is installed, with the necessary build utilities (GCC, etc), I then compile RT from source.

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Cass

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Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:55 PM
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>     Can I assume your voting for Linux?

Within the context of RT I don't understand what "voting for Linux" is supposed to mean. RT doesn't care about what kernel is running. It only cares about the supporting software, which itself is also independent of the kernel.

Based on my experience, I believe a source-based distribution is the best way to go, unless somebody wants to hand build every necessary component, starting with perl and apache. That is something I considered, but the maintenance involved with that kind of environment is not something I wanted to tackle. 

I have a lot of familiarity with the portage package management system of Gentoo, which is why I chose it. It just so happens that the Gentoo distribution is primarily a Linux based distribution. But the running kernel played little to no role in my choice.

I suspect using ports with a FreeBSD platform would work just as well for someone who is familiar with ports. It's not about the kernel, it's about the software environment. In my opinion a software environment with a source based package management system is the best option because of all the different software pieces required for RT to function optimally.

-Sean

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