Cooker,
If you ended up using this format you would have
businesses drooling over Mandrake. I'm willing do bet
that if this format for install was choosen the number
of Linux internet webservers would increase the day
8.1 released. It seriously costs a business over
$20,000 USD in software fees to set up the Microsoft
servers listed below here's a link it's a little dated
but...
http://citv.unl.edu/linux/LinuxPresentation.html
Some of the added benefits of having preconfigured
servers are. On Mandrake User you could focus on how
to use an email, webserver, backup, etc. server
instead of focusing on how to set it up.
Basicly, this is Mandrake's in to the business server
Manket. ;-)
Shad
ps. One more preconfigured server you might want to
consider is a "business desktop". A business desktop
would only include one of everything ie. one editor,
one graphics program, one email application, etc. The
reason for this is so corporate administrators could
have a basic desktop that they know won't change and
users can start to understand, without being over
stimulated with software and features.
PPS. This topic is something cooker should bring over
to Mandrake Forum to get everyone's input.
--- Gr�goire Colbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pixel wrote:
> > i'm considering adding an "unselect nearly
> everything" or "keep the strict
> > minimum" in the package selection tree. Would that
> please you?
>
> Better than having to untick by hand...
>
> But I would prefer another question after the
> "Machine class" selection
> (this scheme is inaccurate) :
>
> /-- Minimum/Specific install
> Expert mode ----|-- Standard install
> | \-- Complete install
> |
> Machine class-|
> |
> |
> Newbie mode ---- ??? (Never used that!)
>
> The "Machine Class" question being the one where it
> asks about
> Workstation, Development, Server, etc (I do not
> remember well).
>
> * If you choose "Server", and then
> "Minimum/Specific", you would have to
> make a precise choice between :
>
> 1. A router
> 2. A Raid / Samba fileserver
> 3. A domain controller
> 4. An email server
> 5. A Http / FTP Web server
> 6. Just a desktop and RPM (so you can install the
> rest)
> 7. A Backup Server
> 8. Some kind of database server (Oracle, SQL, etc)
>
> Well this obviously needs to be defined more
> precisely. Is there an up
> to date organization chart for Mandrake's
> installation somewhere? It
> would be useful if we could refer to it.
>
> Gr�goire
>
>
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