From: Zac Dover Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:15:54 +0000 (+1000) Subject: doc/start: edit os-recommendations.rst X-Git-Tag: v17.2.7~168^2 X-Git-Url: http://git-server-git.apps.pok.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F53180%2Fhead;p=ceph.git doc/start: edit os-recommendations.rst Improve the grammar in one sentence of the "Platforms" section of doc/start/os-recommendations.rst. Improving that grammar involved splitting the sentence into two sentences, but that's life. Update: Anthony substantially rewrote this, so credit for this should rightly go to him. Co-authored-by: Anthony D'Atri Signed-off-by: Zac Dover (cherry picked from commit e19b9cea62c56cbd73049957d69d5aac16a97c08) --- diff --git a/doc/start/os-recommendations.rst b/doc/start/os-recommendations.rst index 98cef7820fd5..4162ed1d6108 100644 --- a/doc/start/os-recommendations.rst +++ b/doc/start/os-recommendations.rst @@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ package (i.e., sysvinit, systemd). - **B**: Ceph provides packages and has done basic tests on the software in them. - **C**: Ceph provides packages only. No tests have been done on these releases. +Ceph does not require a specific Linux distribution. Ceph can run on any +distribution that includes a supported kernel and supported system startup +framework, for example ``sysvinit`` or ``systemd``. Ceph is sometimes ported to +non-Linux systems but these are not supported by the core Ceph effort. + .. note:: **For Centos 7 Users**