On 22/10/14 19:05, Joe wrote: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:04:26 +1100 > Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> >> P.S. I have been told that one major distro does (or is attempting to >> do) just that - separate into a 'server' and a 'desktop' distribution. >> >> > > What, like Windows?
No. A Linux distro. SUSE. > I think that really is the point that is being > made, that Windows has always made the distinction, with the server OS > being very expensive and requiring access licences for machines or > people making use of it. Microsoft server software, such as DNS and > the full web server is only available on the server OS, with a few > cut-down versions on workstations. > > With Linux, it is (so far) only usage which determines the category, > e.g. with few exceptions, servers are continuously powered, don't > have monitors, many don't have X, etc. There is no software which is > *only* installable on a server, though there is some which isn't > really practical on an intermittently-powered machine. > Kind regards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54481b6a.9000...@gmail.com