2010/11/18 Jeff Lane <[email protected]>: > On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 21:53 -0800, kdemarest wrote: >> Just wanted to do a brief survey against a hypothesis to see if I'm >> crazy or not. Given mainstream computer manufacturers, is the >> probability that their desktop and notebook systems will be "Linux >> friendly" positively correlated to whether or not they have a Server >> line? > > I can't speak for Dell or Compaq/HP/whatever, but having worked at IBM > as part of the Linux group within System X, there is very little > similarity between IBM System X servers and what few desktops they > produce, if any. > > In general, server hardware at the enterprise level is very simple... > the only things that MAY trickle down to desktop systems would be things > like multi-core processors, memory systems and networking. > > The other more common subsystems generally aren't really pushed into > desktops (back end management systems, hardware RAID device (not that > silly HostRAID garbage), high end drives (SAS), peripherals for SAN, > Infiniband, etc). > > There IS some trickle down as mentioned above, but beyond those things, > not much in the way of "linux friendliness" comes from servers. In fact, > those things that server systems have in common with desktop systems are > actually generic enough as to be in the "Just Works" category. > > Consider the two biggest points of failure for Linux on desktop systems: > > Audio and Video. > > Enterprise and even SMB server systems do not usually come with audio at > all, not even integrated chipsets, and their video systems are usually > very stable, old and reliable chipsets. > > On Desktops, the converse is true... desktops constantly use newer audio > systems and pull from a variety of low to high end video devices to > provide graphics far beyond what anyone would want in a server system. > > Just my $0.02... > > jeff > > > -- > ubuntu-beginners mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-beginners > >
Well that is funny Jeff, I use a x226 as my desktop -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Keimpe de Jong -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
