Re: Wish: Unfreeze Woody and start anew
>>>>> "Carlos" == Carlos Sousa <csousa@tvtel.pt> writes:
>> never become stable, right? People ask me, "What
>> distribution > should I use?". I ask them "What you going to
>> use the box for?". If they say"A desktop machine" I point
>> them to Mandrake or RedHat (based on their knowledge level).
>> If they say "A server" I point them to Debian and add that
>> they better know their stuff.
Carlos> Then you've been giving *wrong* advice to these
Carlos> people.
No he isn't. This is EXACTLY (wordily!) the same advice _I_ give my
friends/colleagues! Whatever the Social contract (see previous mail in
thread) say, our _USERS_ are the system administrators out there.
This is our PRIMARY audience. We're not saying that all the others shouldn't
use our system. We build Debian GNU/Linux PRIMARILY for the system admin.
A SERVER operating system isn't (always) suitable for the young/inexperienced
and/or for the 'home' market (read: 'simple' workstation). It CAN be used
there, but that's not what it was designed for...
I have quite a lot of friends in the 'Microsoft world' (actually MOST of
my friends 'live' there). They're not using 'M$ Windows 2k Advanced Server'
(or whatever it's exact model name is :) on their home/workstation. They're
using 'Windows 2k' (or millennium or whatever).
So even in THAT world, nobody (at least VERY FEW) is using a SERVER operating
system on the workstation. Why should the Linux world be any different?
Carlos> I've been a RedHat user, and I find Debian
Carlos> *easier*, with all its shortcomings and initial
Carlos> hurdles. It has been my recent experience that a good
Carlos> generalistic OS, like the majority of Linux distributions,
Carlos> will be the good choice both for the desktop and for the
Carlos> server backroom.
Carlos> Debian for all!
I'm NOT saying that 'ordinary' users shouldn't use Debian GNU/Linux. I'm
saying that Debian GNU/Linux is PRIMARILY _designed_ with for the SERVER
market. I'm also using Debian GNU/Linux on _all_ my workstations, and many
of my close friends as well. But that's not what it's PRIMARY design is/was
for...
--
supercomputer Noriega Ft. Bragg assassination Clinton NORAD kibo
Ortega Serbian class struggle radar pits Delta Force Cuba BATF
[See http://www.aclu.org/echelonwatch/index.html for more about this]
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: