Which one is "better" depends on what you want to do!<br>
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My suggestion is to START with the Diva distro since it is so easy to
set up, then migrate to something more sophisticated if you need/want to.<br>
<br>Diva has set up her distro to be a very simple preconfigured standalone "grid" with some very useful options (e.g. hypergrid and mega-regions) enabled.<br><br>If that is what you want then her distro will be the easiest way to get started. If you want something more complicated like a multi-user grid running on several machines then you need the regular OpenSIm release. Likewise as Diva points out if you want the unstable development versions you also need another release.<br>
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Personally I have used the diva distros since Diva started releasing
them even though I ALSO run other "grids" using the regular OpenSim
software. There is no interference even on the same hardware provided
you don't try to run both at once! :-) <br><br>I also suggest enabling and using the optional MySql database!<br><br>I DO run separate copies of the
MySql database for each version even though they all use the same MySql
server on the same machine.<br>
<br>The underlying software, config files, and databases are the same (depending on the underlying OpenSIm release).<br><br>You can certainly use the same database for both, however it is wise to use a backup copy just in case there is some problem. Databases can be very hard to rebuild!<br>
<br>There are numerous tools for database maintenance, MySql provides a very complete set of tools all the way up to a fully "paid for" professional support!<br><br>For Ubuntu/Linux I suggest MySql Administrator and MySql Query Browser (all installable though the Synaptic Package Manager and/or Ubuntu Software Center).<br>
<br>ALL current OpenSim releases allow each regions data to be saved/restored via an OAR file, and each users inventory to be saved/restored via an IAR file. This is somewhat tedious since it must be done for each region and each user individually.<br>
<br>At present (V0.6.9) there are some minor database maintenance issues that are most easily solved by dumping everything to IAR/OAR files and rebuilding the database - this should not be needed for a year or more of normal use. <br>
<br>In practice I have found it worthwhile to dump/restore everything to/from IAR/OAR files each time I upgrade the OpenSIm software if only to be certain that I have good and complete database backups!<br><br>I hope this helps!<br>
<br>Karen<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 5:24 AM, Gmail Account <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jawalunk@gmail.com">jawalunk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Calibri">I have diva running on my server right now, but I
noticed that OpenSim seems to have updated, and Diva has not...</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">2 part question here...</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">Is it better to run Diva or OpenSim?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">and if I switch to OpenSim, can I simply use the same
database I used with Diva without a problem??</font></div>
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