migration

A cautionary tale for Microsoft: it's easy to switch to Linux..."A few weeks ago, I switched my development environment from Windows to Linux, on a project which was developed so far on Windows only. In this post, I want to describe the issues that brought me to this switch, a short overview how I did the actual port, and some observations on Linux for developers. This is the first post in a series of at least two, the second post will describe the tools I use on Linux right now.... [more]

When doing a Unix-to-Linux port, there are many steps involved in getting to the end-game. Some of the steps include the initial assessment, project planning, installing patches, and then building, configuring, tuning, testing, and ultimately deploying your new environment.

In Part 1 of our series, we discussed at a high level the planning that needs to be involved in a Unix to Linux migration. In Part 2, we reviewed the presteps and discussed overall strategy. In this, the final part of our series, we'll bring it all together for you.

In the first part of our three-part series on Unix-Linux migrations, we discussed how to plan for a migration. But what are the next steps? In part two of this series, we'll offer tips on building the project team, how to work with the code, and also discuss the process of configuration and administration of the new systems.

This series of articles will explore what you'll need to know when considering a migration from UNIX to Linux and what you'll need to do when performing it. Along the way, we'll provide some best practices and tips that will ease your pain.First and foremost--you must understand that while Linux is very similar to UNIX, it is not UNIX. Period.

Solaris to Linux is still a popular move, but Sun can still hold on to some customers..."Migrating business applications from high-end Unix-based systems such as Sparc/Solaris to commodity x86/Linux platforms has been a popular idea for the past few years, but not everyone thinks going full-on with Linux is the best solution -- at least not yet.