On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Michael Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Because they are just rebuilding and repackaging Red Hat Enterprise >> Linux. Enterprises are >> not interested in things like game support on their servers. >> >> I run CentOS 5.3 on my work desktop. I use it because it is the >> closest to RHEL5 that >> I can get without spending (or causing the company) to spend money. I >> do have paid >> support for two copies of RHEL5 as this is for our version control >> repositories. Had to >> go with RHEL as the company already was using Clearcase and IBM only supports >> Clearcase on RHEL or SUSE. > > I don't run Fedora on a server because I can't count on it like > I can on an Enterprise Linux distribution. That said, just > because I'm running a server or a critical workstation does not > suggest that I don't care about graphics. Lack of support for > 3D rendering on a critical workstation can be a major problem. > For a business environment, Fedora is not even acceptable for a > Workstation. Supporting the latest version of the ext filesystem > on an Enterprise Linux system doesn't make sense, but video > drivers should be cutting edge. If I can't run command and > conquer under Wine because I don't have 3D support, then I > probably can't run a 3D cad application either. Fedora is too > bleeding edge and CentOS is too far behind. I don't feel > comfortable with Ubuntu. > > Maybe it would be better if Fedora were more stable and Enterprise > Linux systems were closer to it in some critical areas. > > I find the suggestion that a Linux system that is good for games > is not an Enterprise Linux system to be disturbingly rude. Many > of the things that games demand from computers are needed by many > businesses. >
Most IT departments don't want anything that doesn't have some level of technical support that they can fall back on if the local talent cannot solve the problems or if they get too large to be done without help. Also most IT departments are very Microsoft centric and want Windows on the desktop, even ours where most of the revenue on our site is coming from Unix/Linux. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
