On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 02:35:05 -0400 Neal Murphy <neal.p.mur...@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
> On Friday, July 11, 2014 01:51:11 AM Balint Szigeti wrote: > > exactly. why does Linux want to be a Windows DE? > > (multi-graph-sessions)? because someone calls 'it is a modern > > system'? usually, if one system is used by several people, that is > > a server and the servers (if its admin learnt a little) doesn't > > have GUI because it's not necessary. > > And Windows Server is just a desktop OS with a fancy name. [Typed > with derision after attempting to configure server2012 with multiple > NICs and different firewall controls for each IF.] > > It used to be possible to do that kind of thing on the full server version. With the Small Business Server, the 2008 version lost a lot of the configuration capabilities that 2003 had, presumably to reduce the support requirements with unskilled users. Possibly the main server line is also following that route, and will become just a plug-and-play network appliance with one of two or three roles configured at installation. There was once a time when owning a car meant employing a full-time mechanic/chauffeur... -- Joe -- 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/20140711084512.64a96...@jretrading.com
