Quoting Rick Welykochy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
You haven't explained why Australia in particular needs a Linux distro.
Well, we haven't got a single one that I know of for a start... :-( That is a little dissappointing... beyond that.. there appears to be a niche within small IT companies for a Server product that can do the following: - boot up and install quickly (<5 mins) - provide file sharing, and maybe CMS - call *designated-support-firm* and setup a VPN link so *support-firm* can RDP or VNC and fix things on any of the machines (extra cost) - have some sort of backup facilities or service. - compete with the redmond server product So it is a little different than a "distro" per se. When I speak to small computer firms, most say that small businesses would pay them $500 per year for such a facility.
I am sure many of us on the list (me included) can vouch for many successful deployments of, say, Debian-based systems without the need for a local distro.
Yes. Debian rules.. but it isn't so easy to setup unless you go for knoppix or ubuntu. I would say that I would be challenged if asked to setup debian from scratch on a new machine with samba and networking all running if i had a $500 budget. but I do know having something based on a live-cd that is all pre-prepared is viable. Regards David -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
