Notes 8.5 installs just fine on Ubuntu 9.04

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I just installed Ubuntu 9.04 inside a VmWare image. Ubuntu Linux was released today april 23rd.
Then I got a copy of the Lotus Notes 8.5 Debian installer for Ubuntu, untarred the package and installed just the Lotus Notes package:
sudo dpkg -i ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.deb
No problems execept for the fonts. Nothing new there. Some of the fonts are just not looking good because they are not installed as part of the Ubuntu standard installation.
I then installed these two packages using the Synaptic Package Manager:
  • ttf-xfree86-nonfree
  • ttf-xfree86-nonfree-syriac

    And that was it. Works just fine.
    I used ext3 for the file system, not ext4. Chicken, I know.

    This blog entry is getting written from the new installation. My Laptop will be next.

    Update... I just did a new install - also inside a VmWare image. This time with ext4. Notes 8.5 works just fine there too. I can't say if performance is any better in this image though.

Posted by Jens Bruntt On 23-04-2009 |

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Gravatar Image1 - I did my laptop on with EXT4 using the RC. Very fast ! Notes runs slightly faster but everything else flies. 14 Sec boot, I am not complaining. Was doing a demo today and I was rebooting to get some changes applied.. logged in and had Notes up and running, all while the WinXP user was logging in and loading up the desktop.

Posted by Mark Rattray At 17:53:31 On 23-04-2009 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image2 - I'm using JFS on my box and it works very well with large databases.

Posted by Stephan H. Wissel At 18:24:49 On 23-04-2009 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image3 - 14 seconds. Wow!

Posted by Jens Bruntt At 22:10:08 On 23-04-2009 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image4 - Here is an update more... I have experienced problems getting VmWare tools installed on this Ubuntu 9.04 VmWare image. Problems = network connectivity in the image is gone.
Google will hopefully be my friend when finding the cure.

Posted by Jens Bruntt At 08:37:43 On 24-04-2009 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image5 - You should use ext4 for Domino since ext3 has performance issues with large files, which ext4 don't.

I don't think you should be worried about using ext4.

Posted by Jesper Kiaer At 15:20:28 On 24-04-2009 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image6 - I am writing this from a browser inside Notes 8.5 on my laptop running the new Ubuntu 9.04 with EXT4 Emoticon
Performance definately feels like it has improved in lots of places.
And some things that needed tweaking to run like I wanted them - in the OS - have been fixed.

Jesper - you're talking about Domino? Not Notes?
I am not sure I dare using EXT4 on my servers until EXT4 comes down the tube from Redhat to CentOS. My guess would be that that will be available by late 2010.

Posted by Jens Bruntt At 15:28:09 On 24-04-2009 | - Website - |


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