On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, fooler wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Ina Patricia Lopez wrote:
> > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Jack Daniels wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > ano naman yung mandrake ?
> > > >
> > > > Normally para sa workstation ang distro nayan.
> > >
> > > ha? di sya pwedeng pang-server like dns server, mail
> > > server, web server, proxy server, firewall.. etc. ?
> > > so mandrake distro was created for workstation lang ?
> > > and ang pang-server, say internet server na distro are
> > > redhat, debian, slackware and others ?
> > > parang
> > >
> > > win98/win95 is to mandrake and
> > > winnt/win2K is to redhat ??
> > >
> > > -ina patricia
> >
> > I heard somebody is using it for server applications too. Mandrake is
> > made for WS PCs. Red Hat is for servers. You can use it too for
> > desktop.
>
> just to clarify your doubts. redhat, debian, slackware, mandrake, suse,
> etc are all linux distros. they are all using the same kernel which is linux
> (very obvious of course). its up to you which one do you prefer and
> comfortable to use those distros. but in terms of performance and speed,
> they are all the same because of the same kernel that they are using.
You mean the basis for the performance of an OS Linux is the kernel?
My American friend said that Mandrake is use mainly for desktop. Maybe he
is wrong. I'm only relaying to you what he said. I believe it's true
because I installed it and it was easier to install and it has already GUI
application (GNOME/KDE). That was the time when Red Hat was NOT easier to
install. It doesn't have GNOME/KDE. You can't point and click (using
mouse) when installing. NOW Red Hat 6.2 and Mandrake have similar
installation process. You can use your mouse while installing. It looks
like Red Hat 6.2 just imitated the installation environment of Mandrake
6.0/7.0. So I thought also it is for desktop only because it's similar to
MS Win98. It's more user friendly. Hope you got my point. Just only an
opinion. :)
> i noticed that you are confuse talking about server and workstation.
> forget about linux first, lets define what is server and workstation. server
> is the one who serve its service to the clients or workstations while
> workstation is the one who get service from the server.
> furthermore, there are two kinds of server. dedicated server and
> non-dedicated server. well, dedicated server is already a self-explanatory.
> a non-dedicated server is a server and the same time a workstation.
> so in short, any OSes as long it serve its services can be called
> server.
I look the meaning of "workstation" on the www.dictionary.com.
workstation n : a desktop computer that is conventionally considered to be
more powerful than a microcomputer
workstation
<computer> A general-purpose computer designed to be used by one person at
a time and which offers higher performance than normally found in a
personal computer, especially with respect to graphics, processing power
and the ability to carry out several tasks at the same time.
Medyo nakakalito talaga...
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