[opencms-dev] Opencms Linux DISTRO

[Joe Desbonnet]

I'm not sure this would be useful for production use. I think most
people will want to install OpenCMS on some existing infrastructure.

However a live distro which can demo the software could be useful.
Many people go through a difficult process of evaluating several
packages before choosing one. The quicker someone can be up and
running to try the software out, the more likely it's going to make it
to the final short list. I must say that OpenCMS did well in that
regard. Configuration of the webapp was very easy. However I can see
MySQL setup being a problem for some novice users.

Can you take something like Knoppix, remove most of the usual stuff
and add Firefox + MySQL + Java (does licence allow distribution?) +
Tomcat. Should fit in about 200MB? BTW: There is a GIS version of
Knoppix to demo several GIS packages. Persisting the database across
reboots might be a problem.

Anyway, I think it would be nice, but I would consider it low priority.

Joe.


On 5/25/05, Jorge González <informatico at hotelparadisepark.com> wrote:
> Hi list:
> 
> This is a sci-fi feature request.
> 
> 
> What if we build a linux distro, with cms integrated so you can install a
> preconfigured cms system AND all the surrounding software ?
> 
> This project could be similar to others listed on sourceforge (sorry, i
> don't have the link because their search engine is down today)
> 
> Reading the mailing lists, there is a lot of people asking for
> infraestructure problems (the classic mod_proxy, xerces or apache issues)
> 
> It would be nice to have a "plug and play" server iso, with a default
> minimal working config.
> 
> I'm talking about linux because it's free, but a windows
> tomcat+mysql+opencms+installer "bundle" could fix a lot of trobles and
> contribute to extend the opencms community.
> 
> What do you think about it ?
> 
> 
> 
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