Please be more specific. Who are "people" and how often is "always"? Ursprunligt meddelande från 17/03/00, kl. 20:09:34 Avsändare: "maqish" Ämne: [SLE] suse only great as workstation not as server?? People are always complaining about suse beeing perfect as a workstation os but not as Server... why would that be?? maqish -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

----- Original Message ----- From: maqish To: SuSE Linux Mailing List Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 1:09 PM Subject: [SLE] suse only great as workstation not as server??

People are always complaining about suse beeing perfect as a workstation os but not as Server... why would that be??

maqish

Because the word 'Server' is clearly defined. I don't think most people are complaing about SuSE as a workstation, but rather debating the differant in the defination of what exactly is a 'workstation' or 'desktop' computer? A 'server' is allot easier to define and put into a class, everyone pretty much agrees what the word 'server' means, the disagrement or debat (IMHO) comes from a differance in opinion on how the word 'workstation' or 'desktop' is defined. If I said "SuSE Linux is prefect for 'ALL' *computers* ", differant people would take the word 'ALL' in the wrong context. I would surely get emails say "SuSE is *NOT* prefect for 'ALL' *computers*, it won't even run on my *Sega Dreamcast*, which is _techinally_ 'A' *computer*" Some people would assocaite the word 'computer' with 'X86 compatiable Personal Computer' while other would interput the word 'computer' as 'any devices that can process binary data' I don't think there has been really any debat on wheather (SuSE) Linux is a server OS or not, it was built from the ground up with the primary goal of being a server class OS, and most agree that it is a decent to very good server class OS. Some parts of it (KDE/GNOME/etc) are moving more into making it as "user freindly" as other OS on the market, and these project (KDE/GNOME/etc) having be going a really job in making a nice GUI for this server class OS. Since it's primary role has been "server class OS" there is some confusion on what exactly is consider a 'workstation' or 'desktop' computer and there is also confusion about how to tell or judge if (SuSE) Linux is in the 'desktop' or 'workstation' market (if it is not there yet). I have been watching 2-3 threads for the last 2 weeks regarding 'Linux on the desktop', and I tried to hold in it, but it just sliped. I think we need a Linux-HOWTO or Jargon file regarding the meaning of *some* commonly used words, it seems everyone has their own ideas what this $word means and it can cause (among other things) very crispy fire fights on boards : ) Maybe have something like computer[1] - any device that can process data computer[2] - any X86 Class Personal Computer computer[3] - any IBM 360/370 mainframe computer[4] - PDA[3] computer[5] - any computer that physically sits on a desk computer[6] - etc, etc.... That way you could use sentances like "SuSE Linux will run on most computers[2]" : ) J(ust)MHO, Jack -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 08:09:34PM +0100, maqish wrote:

People are always complaining about suse beeing perfect as a workstation os but not as Server... why would that be??

It wouldn't. I use SuSE exclusively on all my servers. You just need to trim it down since by default a lot of workstation applications, which aren't needed, or wanted for a server, are installed. -- Brad Shelton On Line Exchange http://online-isp.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/