Re: If Not Systemd, then What?
On 22/10/14 19:05, Joe wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:04:26 +1100
> Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@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?
No.
A Linux distro. SUSE.
> 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.
>
Kind regards.
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