DIY Carrier Grade Linux with Debian

An anonymous reader writes "Carrier Grade Linux, once the domain of big-bucks Bells and commercial software vendors, just became more attainable for universities, companies running high-availability web services, and average Linux hackers interested in learning what goes into the world's most reliable, maintainable, and available systems. The Debian project, backed by HP, has launched the Debian-Carrier Grade Linux subproject, and registered Debian-CGL with version 2.02 of the CGL spec. LinuxDevices has created a simplified version of the registration form that lets you see which Debian packages to apt-get, and which packages you'll have to download and compile out side of Debian, in order to get your own Carrier Grade Linux setup."

Comments

Carrier grade?

[Anonymous Coward]

Personally I'd rather wait for torpedo grade Linux.

I had no idea what carrier grade means

[Nate Fox]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_Grade_Linux

Carrier Grade Linux' is a set of specifications which detail standards of availability, scalability, manageability, and service response characteristics which must be met in order for Linux to be considered "carrier-grade" (i.e. ready for use within the telecommunications industry). The term is particularly applicable as telecom converges technically with data networks and commercial off-the-shelf commoditized components such as blade servers.

For those of you who don't know...

[vishbar]

"Carrier-grade" means that the server pipes all incoming data directly to the NSA.

Wikipedia

[flood6]

I was lost as hell over this summary and even TFAs. Here's some help, apparently "Carrier-Grade" refers to telecommunications carriers, which can typically accept no more than 30 seconds to 5 minutes of downtime per year from their servers.

Re:Debian Is Top Dog

[JerkBoB]

I just wish all these projects (i.e. ubuntu) that base off of debian would give them more credit.

How?

From About Ubuntu:

Ubuntu is a free, open source operating system that starts with the breadth of Debian and adds regular releases (every six months), a clear focus on the user and usability (it should "Just Work", TM) and a commitment to security updates with 18 months of support for every release.

It's right there in the first sentence... Perhaps you want a large blinking banner at the top of ubuntu.com?

A large number of the Ubuntu devs are (wait for it...) Debian devs, too. Ubuntu regularly contributes back to Debian. I'm sure there are political squabbles, but to say that Ubuntu doesn't give credit to Debian is nonsense.

Bleh.