Le jeudi 14 octobre 2010 11:10:33, J.A. Magallón a écrit : > > On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:37:29 +1300, Graham Lauder <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Thursday 14 Oct 2010 14:18:02 Tux99 wrote: > > > I'm with wobo and Margot here, I fear this 'targeting' will simply result > > > in restricting our potential user-base (i.e. rather than attracting more > > > users it will turn off many users). > > > > It is a well known fact, that you cannot be all things to all people, to > > try > > to do that would end up being everything to noone. I would prefer to be > > the > > best we can be to those who grow to love the brand. > > > > Wrong, from my POV. > Its Linux. Linux has it all. You just have to choose what you want in > your install, desktop software, server software or both. > > An example. Our admins at the university choose CentOS as their distro > for labs and servers. CentOS is marketed as a RHEL derivative, focused > on server and stability. Why CentOS ? Its RHEL but with free > support. What about desktop software ? Its generally outated. What > about HW support ? Same. CentOS people patches their soft, but what > do you prefer, a home patched ancient kernel or an updated one with the real > official and tested fixes ? If they wanted the best of both worlds > they could choose Mandriva for labs desktops and CentOS for servers, > if they are so fond of CentOS as server. But noooone wants to admin two > linux distros. > > But me, I have always intalled Mandriva both for desktops and for servers. > Reasons: > - I had the best hw support > - I had updated software > - It is stable > - I could use the SAME distro (even the same CD) to install a desktop > box for development, for office work, or a server with samba and ldap > and apache, or a HPC cluster with openmpi. > > Why ? I know Mandriva, I know it has all the soft that I need for all > > fields, and yes, ONE SIZE FITS ALL my meeds.
Exactly the same here : - Mandriva on workstation - Mandriva on servers - Mandriva at home for everyday use, gaming... Regards Samuel
