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? 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. -- 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/20141022090545.0702a...@jresid.jretrading.com
