7474</ div > < div class ="row ">
7575 < div class ="col-md-8 ">
7676 < h1 > Operating Systems</ h1 >
77- < p > The operating system runs on the server or virtual server and controls access
77+ < p > An operating system runs on the server or virtual server and controls access
7878to computing resources. The only recommended operating system for
7979production Python web stack deployments is Linux. There are several
8080Linux distributions commonly used for running production servers. Ubuntu
@@ -95,7 +95,23 @@ <h2>Ubuntu</h2>
9595are the recommended versions to use for deployments. LTS versions receive
9696five years of post-release updates from Canonical. Every two years, Canonical
9797creates a new LTS release, which allows for an easy upgrade path as well
98- as flexibility in skipping every other LTS release if necessary.</ p >
98+ as flexibility in skipping every other LTS release if necessary. As of
99+ February 2014,
100+ < a class ="reference external " href ="http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ "> 12.04 Precise Pangolin</ a >
101+ is the latest Ubuntu LTS release.</ p >
102+ </ div >
103+ < div class ="section " id ="python-packages-for-ubuntu ">
104+ < h2 > Python Packages for Ubuntu</ h2 >
105+ < p > There are several
106+ < a class ="reference external " href ="https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/aptitude.html "> Aptitude</ a >
107+ packages found on Linux servers running a Python stack. These include</ p >
108+ < ul class ="simple ">
109+ < li > < a class ="reference external " href ="http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/python-dev "> python-dev</ a > for header
110+ files and static library for Python</ li >
111+ < li > < a class ="reference external " href ="http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/python-virtualenv "> python-virtualenv</ a >
112+ for creating and managing Python virtual environments
113+ (< a class ="reference external " href ="http://www.virtualenv.org/en/latest/ "> virtualenvs</ a > )</ li >
114+ </ ul >
99115</ div >
100116< div class ="section " id ="red-hat-and-centos ">
101117< h2 > Red Hat and CentOS</ h2 >
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