Oracle related rants (and lots of off-topic stuff)…
I’ve modified my “Linux Articles” page to show a matrix of all my installation articles. It makes finding stuff a little easier than reading the text long-hand. For the most part, these are installations I’ve practiced for work, or needed for home, so I doubt I’ll try too hard to fill in the gaps.
There are a couple of draft articles for Fedora Core 5 (FC5). It’s still in beta, so these will need some amendments by the time the final version is released.
Fun, fun, fun 🙂
Cheers
Tim…
The 10.1.0.5.0 patch is now available for:
Why 64-bit Windows and not 32-bit Windows? I would have thought the latter would be the priority as the uptake of 64-bit Windows has been poor so far. Perhaps it’s just a fluke 🙂
Cheers
Tim…
As always, I’ve been having a little scout round at whats going on in the Linux world at the moment. I’m pretty happy with CentOS 4, but it doesn’t do any harm to have a play. Here are some thoughts after a quick play with Ubuntu and Fedora Core 5 (Test 2).
Ubuntu
The recent hype about Goobuntu, a possible Google variant of Ubuntu, made me sit up and take notice. I’m not sure it really exists, and if it does, I’m not sure it’s designed to be a Windows-Killer, but all the press increased my interest in Ubuntu.
You can read all about Ubuntu on the website, but suffice to say, people are claiming it’s very user friendly and a possibly the best Desktop Linux available at the moment. There seems to be some groundswell behind it, and the latest stories have made it seem even more attractive.
It came on one CD, which makes a change from the 4-5 CDs for other distributions. The installation was straight forward, but didn’t appear easier than any of the Red Hat variants. In some ways, the lack of a GUI installer made it seem even more geeky than some other distributions.
Once it was installed it seemed very much like any other distro I’ve used. It uses the Gnome window manager, so it feels very much like Red Hat with a different theme. The menu structure looked a little simpler and the “Add/Remove Applications” screen was neat, but it didn’t change my life.
I might have a go at installing Oracle on it, but then again, I’m not sure I can be bothered 🙂
My verdict, nice enough, but what makes it better than any other distro?
Fedora Core 5 (Test 2)
I was a devout FC fan before I switched to CentOS. I started to download all 5 FC5 CDs, but then switched to the 2.8G DVD. As the dumb-ass user I am, the only thing I noticed was change in graphics. I guess the new look and feel is an attempt to differentiate Fedora from Red Hat’s enterprise distro. Apart from that, it all looked like more of the same to me. So far I’ve not been able to install 10g R2 on it, but it’s still a beta, so who cares.
My verdict, nice enough, but what makes it better than any other distro?
I can’t really tell the difference between all the distributions these days. CentOS works well for me because it’s a clone of a distro that Oracle support, but apart from that, my daily life is unaffected by it.
The only thing that might make me eager to switch is if some heavyweight company puts their name to a free Linux distro. Like Google with Goobuntu? 🙂
Cheers
Tim…
Whilst checking out the forum on DBASupport.com, an advert jumped out at me because it included the text, “Bug Free”. It seems like a pretty bold claim for any software company. I guess they could have gone the whole hog and proclaimed it unbreakable 🙂
Cheers
Tim…
A few choice pieces of advice for all managers who don’t have a clue:
Management types… You can’t live with them! You go to jail for hacking them to bits and burying them in your back garden!
Cheers
Tim…
PS. Does any know any companies that will cover my back garden in two feet of concrete? 🙂
The obligatory installation article:
Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3 (10.1.3) Installation On RedHat Advanced Server and CentOS
The installation required less prerequisites than previous installations.
Cheers
Tim…
I read on Scott Spendolini’s Blog that HTML DB has been renamed to Oracle Application Express.
I think HTML DB was a really poor name, but I think the new name is a little confusing. A quick look on the net and you’ll see lots of people still talking about “Oracle Applications”, when referring to “Oracle E-Business Suite”. This new name makes HTML DB sounds like a cut down version of the Oracle ERP.
I would be interested to know what other names were passed around before this one was picked. Maybe, something a little clearer like:
The last one does it for me 🙂
Cheers
Tim…
After the last abortive attempt to release Raptor EA3, we now have a new version. This one seems to have re-fixed the bits that got broken in the original version 3 release. So far so good.
It makes me wonder about the sense of releasing beta and early adopter applications to the general public. It’s a little like washing your dirty laundry in public 🙂
Cheers
Tim…
Like Andy C, I’ve been following Howard Rogers’ CMS journey with interest.
I’m always hopeful I’ll find tools that make my life easier, but as yet I’ve been unable to find a CMS tool that suits me. The biggest problem with all the CMS tools I’ve trialed is the way they use the database. Invariably, each page is generated at runtime from the contents of the database, making the database access speed a major limiting factor for sites with high number of hits. So why serve static and semi-static data from the database?
By far, the majority of my site is static content. If I want to alter the format of the site I alter either the Cascading Style Sheet or 4 simple template files. I don’t revisit each page on the site. That would be lunacy. My homegrown CMS system stores the contents of all my pages in the database, but rather than generating a page for each request, I generate the whole site once, including templates and include files, to flat files and only regenerate individual pages when things change. Dynamic and semi-static content, such as article ratings and RSS feeds, are located in small include files, which are automatically regenerated when necessary.
My difficulty in finding a CMS I like comes from that fact that I have most of the advantages of these CMS systems, like web editing and backup/recovery, but I also get speed thrown into the mix as a bonus.
I guess the hunt continues 🙂
Cheers
Tim…
The Early Adopter 3 of Raptor has hit the OTN site, but I would think before you leap in.
It looks like a number of previous bugs have been reintroduced in EA3. The SQL formatter doesn’t work in any editor except the SQL Worksheet, and the debugger appears to have gone missing. I expect the support forum may fill up rather fast. Not exactly a glowing advertisment for Oracle development 🙁
Cheers
Tim…