ubuntu isn't /that/ special [was: Re: fedora 7]

Kristian Hermansen kristian.hermansen-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Mon Jun 4 12:37:54 EDT 2007


Jarod Wilson wrote:
> Minor nit: there is no FC7, its just F7. :)

Ah, good to know...

> I know there's a difference between "Desktop" and "Workstation", but keep in 
> mind Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation has been shipping on Dell 
> workstations for quite a few years now.

Yep.  But you have to pay for software updates every year, right? :-)

> I definitely get that impression. Most of their best kernel people have left 
> town, and at least a few of them now work here at Red Hat... :)

Oh well.  It was good while it lasted.  I remember it being the first 
intuitive graphical installer that supported NTFS resizing quite well 
and people enjoyed using.  I remember giving a copy to some girl in 
early 2004 at school, and she was able to get through the installer and 
thanked me many times.  Other people also found it useful.  However, I 
also used to recommend Xandros to people who wanted to pay for a distro 
that had everything integrated (media players, codecs, etc) and was 
supported, but now I regret that!  Nowadays, you can do that in any 
modern distro without paying :-P  And distros like Lindows will give you 
support too...
-- 
Kristian Hermansen

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