[aklug] Re: Linux/Unix VM's for Demonstration.

Not to pass the buck, but have you looked over www.distrowatch.org?
I usually look over what is coming out or released by digging through
what has been posted there. I have found distro's for dedicated devices,
friewalls, servers, virtual appliances, thin clients, and listings for
every flavor of a distro that is currently publicly available.

If you want to know how many different environments are available for
Fedora, then they will let you know and give you a link. The same for
almost any distro you can name.

A quick search turned up three active distro's designed just for
clustering.

good luck.

Scott

On Sun, 2012-02-12 at 10:47 -0900, Jim MacDonald wrote:

> Yeah I thought about doing something like this too.. .booting from a floppy, booting from a (small) thumb drive, showing them a live CD install. I will take a look at all these suggestions. What I was taking about in particular was looking at Distros that are built for a specific purpose ATM machine, Kiosk, Router, etc.
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> On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:19 AM, Darren Coolidge wrote:
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> > It would be really tough to show the true power of the dark side er linux.
> > You can run it from a single floppy. You can have it running your high end
> > multi-core systems. You can install it on your linksys router. I had a tv
> > that looked like it was running it. Or you can have it running a beowulf
> > cluster.
> > On Feb 12, 2012 6:59 AM, "Jim MacDonald" <jim@macdonald.org> wrote:
> >
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> > Hi everyone,=20
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> > TL;DR: going through a very one sided PC OS course. Instructor is great =
> > but didn't set the curriculum, which is horrible. I have been asked to =
> > build VM's to demonstrate a view OS's. I would like suggestions on which =
> > VM's to demonstrate.Would also like help with a simple explanation of =
> > why unix is not linux and vice versa.
> > (for those who DON't read www.reddit.com on a regular basis, TL;DR=3DToo =
> > Long, Didn't Read)
> >
> > I am currently going through a PC operating systems course. It's =
> > required for my degree. It is, to say the least dreadfully one sided in =
> > favor of Window$. Recently sat through a lecture that was supposed to =
> > familiarize you with various choices for OS's. 59 slides of which 49 =
> > were about windows. 4 were about Unix/Linux that contained the following =
> > quotes:
> >
> > UNIX System V Release 4
> > Two main design standards:
> > Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)
> > System V Release 4 (SVR4) =96 Linux is an example
> > This book uses Linux for its UNIX examples"
> >
> > "Some UNIX versions provide you with a GUI
> > X Window is the most popular"
> >
> > "Most UNIX versions come with different =93shells=94 or user interfaces =
> > and it is up to the user to pick the shell they wish to use
> > Most shells function in the same way" ~ with no explanation of what a =
> > shell is, remember this is a 100 level class.
> >
> > As a screen shot of Unix System 5 R4 they provide a screen shot of =
> > Fedora Core.
> >
> > and this is my favorite:=20
> >
> > "Most versions come with a line editor that is used to create text one =
> > line at a time
> > A text editor enables you to edit text in a full-screen mode"
> >
> > with absolutely no further explanation of why you would need such a =
> > thing, no mention of configuration, that the OS is primarily text files =
> > and that this is how you configure the system. no mention of almost =
> > anything that makes Unix OR Linux different than any other OS. These =
> > quotes above are literally the entire meat of what was mentioned about =
> > *nix.=20
> >
> > For your further amusement I present the lecture "summary"
> >
> > "Early computer operating systems were primitive compared to current =
> > computer operating systems but were significant during their time and =
> > moved us toward a desktop computing environment
> > The Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX operating systems are popular current =
> > operating systems, with new releases being announced on a regular basis
> > Server operating systems have evolved to allow clustering, virtual =
> > servers, self-healing NTFS, storage manager for SANS, single sign-on, =
> > network management, and security features
> > Mac OS X is built on Darwin UNIX, which is a distribution of the BSD =
> > UNIX version. With the release of Snow Leopard, the operating system =
> > runs only on Intel-based chips."
> >
> > So, I have been asked to help the class by building and providing some =
> > VM's of various OS's so that can see some variety of what is available. =
> > I've already done a couple of versions of windows (svr2k8r2, win7, =
> > win8beta). I'm doing Solaris 11 (because I am a Unix guy, =
> > professionally), I can't do a VM of OSX for licensing reasons but I have =
> > my MBP. So that leaves Linux=85
> >
> > I intend to start off with the current version of Ubuntu with several =
> > different windowing systems loaded and switch between them so they can =
> > see that it's the same OS but looks completely different. I would also =
> > like to load a couple of different shells so I can demonstrate how the =
> > differ.=20
> >
> > So my question for the group that I would like help with is twofold:
> > 1, Of all the multitude of Linux distros available, what are some of =
> > the most unique (and specialized) that are available that I can use to =
> > demonstrate how versatile Linux is?
> >
> > 2. Help with a simple demonstration of the classic statement "Gnu's Not =
> > Unix". I.E. help me explain as simply as possible why Linux and Unix are =
> > so similar but are entirely different animals.
> >
> > Thanks for taking the time to read my long winded output, and I would =
> > appreciate any creative/constructive input.
> >
> > Jim MacDonald
> > jim@macdonald.org
> >
> >
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