Gregory Ruiz-Ade wrote: > On May 26, 2005, at 9:21 AM, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > > [Attribution Lost. Was it Andrew? DJA? I forget] > > >>I don't want to play with my OS. I want to do stuff with my computer. > > > >This is one I have a slight problem with. Is Linux a hobbyist OS? Or is > >it a consumer OS? Is it both? Dualistic roles? Server class, even? > >Trinaric roles? Interesting question. I think that answer might be > >determined by how you look at it. > > So, are you saying, then, that those of us who actually have work to > get done should use something other than Linux, whereas those of us who > like diddling the system for the sake of the system should use Linux? > :)
No. I am saying that those who want to tweak with their systems at the OS level have to use anOS they have the source code to and tool chain for. This is easily accomplished with Linux and BSD. Those that want things to Just Work have to use something that someone else builds and maintains. This can be any OS, including Linux and BSD. I know many organisations that use Linux and/or BSD in a production environment, and never do source level tweaks of the kernel. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
