Another great example of Open Source innovation, Lina Software has packaged Zenoss Core 2.5 to run on Windows, OSX and Linux with their LINA runtime environment.  It's an interesting project and we're glad to see other projects having success with Zenoss.  Quoted from their Community blog post:  Lina Software's Cross-platform Port of Zenoss 2.5

We at Lina Software are proud to announce that we have packaged Zenoss 2.5 Core to run on Windows, Mac and Linux via our beta version of the LINA runtime environment.

 

LINA (Lina Is Not an Acronym) is a lightweight, invisible Linux operating system that runs in a virtual environment on Windows and Mac, and in a chroot environment on Linux. Native Linux applications running on LINA are fully integrated into the host environment - i.e. configuration files may be edited and related executables may be run directly from the host. This allows Windows and Mac users to easily use Linux applications as if they were native to those platforms.

 

Linux applications are packaged for LINA as "universal installers". These packages offer a simple click-through install experience on any platform where the LINA runtime environment has been installed.

The LINA runtime environment for various platforms may be downloaded from: http://openlina.com/popups/popup-lina.html , or by clicking the link at the lower left of our webpage http://openlina.com.

Our universal installer for Zenoss 2.5 Core may be downloaded using this link: http://openlina.com/download/current/apps/Zenoss-2.5.0.lpkg

 

While both the LINA runtime environment and the Zenoss 2.5 Core installer are betas and clearly not for use in production environments, so far they have been testing very well. We are excited to present this port to the Zenoss Community, and are looking forward to getting your feedback, especially including questions about LINA and suggestions for improvement.