[plug] Linux Home vs Linux Server.?

[James Elliott]

Senectus

Thanks for your prompt response and good advice.  I used to be good at 
Debian Linux, but that was a while ago and I am quite "rusty" now, but with 
a bit of revision I should pick it up again quickly.

Many thanks,  James Elliott

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Senectus ." <senectus at gmail.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Linux Home vs Linux Server.?


> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 07:58:56 +0800, James Elliott
> <James.Elliott at wn.com.au> wrote:
>> This is probably a silly question, but forgive me as I have not used 
>> Linux
>> for a few years now, but want to set up a Linux machine ASAP, or should I
>> say ASAFP (As Soon As Finances Permit)
> Whats holding you back? I'll legally burn a free CD for you today if
> you want ;-)
>
>>
>> M$ currently has Windows XP Home, Win Xp Pro, and Win Server 2003 as its
>> principle operating systems.  Am I right in saying that there is 
>> essentially
>> only one Linux and the user configures it the way he/she wants it? - no 
>> Home
>> version, Pro version , or Server version?
> The primary difference between XP Pro and XP Home is that XP home is a
> "cut down version" of XP Pro (so they charge less for home than they
> do for Pro, and you get less features in home), This is done for
> several reasons the largest being that MS is a monopoly and they wish
> to strangle every last cent out of their customers.
>
> Linux is free, so there is no "cut down version".
> There are however different distro's and within distros you have
> different releases.
> The different releases generally show either stability/security
> changes or just plain upgrades.
>
>
>>
>> I understand that there are many distributions of Linux:  Red Hat; 
>> Debian;
>> Mandrake; etc - I am not talking about the different distributions, but
>> rather that we don't have, for example,  a Debian Home,  Debian Pro, 
>> Debian
>> Server ... do we?  Is it true that Debian is just Debian and you can set 
>> it
>> up for home use, commercial use or on a Server?
> Correct.
> Linux is a very different sort of beast from Windows, and in all
> reality the only difference between my desktop install of Ubuntu
> (Debian) and my server install is the sort of hardware I use fro the
> server, and that I've installed different applications on both.
> Thats it.
>
> Having said that, some distros server better as desktops than they do
> as servers. Mostly though this is only a concern for beginners and
> "newbies".
> If your newish then I'd start out by sticking to a "desktop distro"
> for desktop/laptop use and use a "server distro" for the server.
> I'tll be easier on your learning curve and after your happy with your
> abilities you wont need anyone to suggest what distro to use :-)
>
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