Feature changed by: Robert Davies (robopensuse) Feature #305664, revision 3 Title: Server CD openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Martin Schlander (cb400f) Interested: Cédric Heintz (ced117) + Interested: Robert Davies (robopensuse) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Providing an official openSUSE server cd - with some often used server software - and perhaps a lightweight window manager like icewm or similar - would be a great thing for a number of reasons. - openSUSE is generally considered a desktop centric distribution, providing a server cd would do a heck of a lot to highligt the excellent (home-)server qualities of openSUSE. - The few people that realize that the openSUSE DVD/netinstall actually offers text mode/server installation, are often discouraged by needing to download a full DVD, or do troublesome and slow http/ftp installation. - Server users are generally more technical people, it would be beneficial to attract more of these to the openSUSE project. - More people using openSUSE on home servers would likely have spill-over effects on SLES sales. - An openSUSE server cd, would be an excellent response to Ubuntu server edition and Microsoft Home Server. + Discussion: + #1: Robert Davies (robopensuse) (2009-01-16 16:20:09) + Please Market as Server and Virtualisation CD. An option to simple + install as guest OS would have market appeal. As someone who does use + Netinstall CD on occasion, and consider a distro for SOHO servers, a + key point for this sector is a reliable upgrade, without re- + installation. Ubuntu offers LTS and point updates for their server + edition. It's not just the availability of a CD that makes them + attractive. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305664