Re: Distro?
2009/12/9 David Fawcett : > > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Joel W Shea wrote: >> >> ZFS is a combined filesystem and logical volume manager. [0] >> >> [0] - http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/zfs.jsp >> > <...> > I may have been unclear but I was actually referring to how ZFS works over > networks. My apologies, you are correct, ZFS has integrated NFS and CIFS support, and works really well. -- Joel Shea -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Distro?
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Joel W Shea wrote: > > ZFS is a combined filesystem and logical volume manager. [0] > > [0] - http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/zfs.jsp > > Thanks for that Joel. I may have been unclear but I was actually referring to how ZFS works over networks. - Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Distro?
2009/12/9 David Fawcett : <...> > For example: Ubuntu is aimed a new users and is designed to be as simple to > use as we can make it. Open Solaris (also free) is aimed at businesses and > includes a lot of built in networking functions (ZFS for example) that could > be very useful for businesses. <...> ZFS is a combined filesystem and logical volume manager. [0] [0] - http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/zfs.jsp -- Joel Shea -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Distro?
Hi Geoffrey, It is a shortened version of distribution. As Linux is just a kernel, a distro is when someone assembles the kernel with a collection of applications and tools, such a the GNU utilities which are commonly used by all distros, X for the GUI, GNOME for a desktop environment, firefox for a web browser, OpenOffice.org for word processing, presentations etc and so on. There is loads more info on wikipedia too - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution Cheers Dave On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 08:18 +1000, Geoffrey wrote: > The oft-seen, in this context, word 'distro' is not in my lexicon nor in > my Australian Oxford. What does it mean? > Geoffrey Combes > > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Distro?
I believe it's short for 'distribution'. When people are talking about their distro (or creating a new distro) they are talking about their version of Linux (or creating a new version of Linux). There are many variants of Linux all aimed at a different target audience with different needs. For example: Ubuntu is aimed a new users and is designed to be as simple to use as we can make it. Open Solaris (also free) is aimed at businesses and includes a lot of built in networking functions (ZFS for example) that could be very useful for businesses. Windows has Windows XP Home, XP Pro, Vista Basic, Vista Home Premium, Vista Business etc. In my opinion Microsoft distros are less about ensuring that their customers have the right product for them and instead charging a premium for tools and services that an OS really should provide for free. On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Geoffrey wrote: > The oft-seen, in this context, word 'distro' is not in my lexicon nor in > my Australian Oxford. What does it mean? > Geoffrey Combes > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Distro?
Taken from the word distribution, I think point 3 and 4 are the right definition; dis⋅tri⋅bu⋅tion –noun 1. an act or instance of distributing. 2. the state or manner of being distributed. 3. arrangement; classification. 4. something that is distributed. On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Geoffrey wrote: > > The oft-seen, in this context, word 'distro' is not in my lexicon nor in > my Australian Oxford. What does it mean? > Geoffrey Combes > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
