Ubuntu Stability For Trading

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 4:35 PM, John Law <sgjohnlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am setting up some trading desks for a newly set up fund. Our
> trading platform runs entirely on Java in web browsers. I am
> considering if Ubuntu is stable enough for such a task or would other
> distros, BSDs be a better choice.
>
> The desk would be used by traders to place trades and not for
> algorithmic trading. It would based on Intel i5, 8G RAM and 2
> monitors.

What graphics card?

Ubuntu is an Enterprise Linux distribution, and that means it is
pretty stable, unless you have got some driver issue.

I do not know if it works well with a dual monitor setup.


Another reliable Enterprise Linux is Scientific Linux (and NOT
CentOS), which is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code.

https://www.scientificlinux.org


In this FAQ, there is info on how to setup a dual monitor configuration with it:

http://scientificlinux.desy.de/faq


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