Panix V-Colo VPS: Systems

Operating Systems

You may choose any operating system distribution from the following list. Don't hesitate to ask us to add a new distribution to it. We will probably be able to accomodate most reasonable requests. And if you don't ask for what you want, we won't know there's a demand for it.

Operating System	Size (32-bit)	Size (64-bit)
NetBSD 5.0.2	1 GB	1.15 GB
FreeBSD 7.1	1.1 GB	1.2 GB
FreeBSD 8.0	1.1 GB	1.2 GB
OpenBSD 4.7	800 MB	950 MB
Linux - Fedora 10	3.05 GB	3.3 GB
Linux - Fedora 11	2.5 GB	2.6 GB
Linux - Debian 4.0	550 MB	300 MB
Linux - Debian 5.0	375 MB	400 MB
Linux - Ubuntu 9.04	750 MB	800 MB
Linux - Ubuntu 10.04	900 MB	950 MB
Linux - CentOS 5.4	1550 MB	1600 MB
Linux - Gentoo 2007.0	1 GB
Linux - openSUSE 11.1	1150 MB	1200 MB
Linux - Arch Linux	500 MB	600 MB
OpenSolaris 2008.11	3.45 GB
Linux - Finnix	Virtual Live CD

System Details

NetBSD 5.0.2

Full install, including:

Base, compilers, games, documentation, X11

Pkgsrc installed for easy installation of third party packages.

Available in 32-bit and 64-bit.

FreeBSD 7.1 or 8.0

Basic FreeBSD system:

FreeBSD binaries and documentation

Ports collection

Kernel source

For FreeBSD 7.1, we are using Xen's Hardware virtualization.

For FreeBSD 8.0 64 bit, paravirtualized drivers are used for better performance. For FreeBSD 8.0 32 bit, the default install is hardware virtualization, and we also have an experimental kernel with full Xen support.

Available in 32-bit and 64-bit.

OpenBSD 4.7

Full install, including:

Base, compilers, games, documentation, X11

For OpenBSD, we are using Xen's hardware virtualization.

Available in 32-bit and 64-bit.

Linux - Fedora 10 or 11

Common Linux command line tools:

mutt, zsh, tcsh, bash, rsync, screen, sudo, lynx, elinks, and many more.

Full C/C++ development environment

Tools to run common server applications:

Web server: apache, perl, php, python, mysql mod_perl, mod_python, mod_ssl, etc.

Mail server: postfix, procmail, sendmail

Miscellaneous: OpenSSH, tcpwrappers, iptables, Kerberos, bind (named), ntp, etc.

Available in 32-bit and 64-bit.

Linux - Debian 4.0 or 5.0

Installed with Debian's Standard and Mail Server "tasks"

Available in 32-bit and 64-bit.

Linux - Ubuntu 9.04 or 10.04

Ubuntu server:

Base system plus DNS, LAMP, OpenSSH, MAIL sets installed.

Available in 32-bit and 64-bit.

Linux - CentOS 5.3

Common Linux command line tools:

mutt, zsh, tcsh, bash, rsync, screen, sudo, lynx, and many more.

Full C/C++ development environment

Tools to run common server applications:

Web server: apache, perl, php, python, mysql mod_perl, mod_python, mod_ssl, etc.

Mail server: postfix, procmail, sendmail

Miscellaneous: OpenSSH, tcpwrappers, iptables, Kerberos, bind (named), ntp, etc.

Available in 32-bit and 64-bit.

Linux - Gentoo 2007.0

Gentoo is a free operating system that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience.

Available in 32-bit only.

Linux - openSUSE 11.1

The openSUSE project is a worldwide community program sponsored by Novell that promotes the use of Linux everywhere.

Available in 32-bit and 64-bit.

Linux - Arch Linux

Arch Linux is an independently-developed i686/x86-64 community distribution, based on a rolling-release model and targeted at competent GNU/Linux users which offers large binary repositories and full-featured package management as well as a ports-like packaging system. Development focuses on a balance of minimalism, elegance, code correctness and modernity.

Available in 32-bit and 64-bit.

OpenSolaris 2008.11

OpenSolaris is an open source project licensed under CDDL, and a community. The project's goals are innovation, collaboration, and the extension of OpenSolaris technology.
Full install

Available in 32-bit only.

Linux - Finnix

Excerpted from the Finnix home page:
Finnix is a self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution ("LiveCD") for system administrators, based on Debian testing. You can mount and manipulate hard drives and partitions, monitor networks, rebuild boot records, install other operating systems, and much more. Finnix includes the latest technology for system administrators, with Linux kernel 2.6, LVM2, encrypted partitions, etc.

Finnix is not intended for the average desktop user, and does not include any desktops, productivity tools, or sound support.

Finnix is available to all V-Colo users, at no charge for the disk storage, on a read-only volume.

Available in 32-bit only.