Gavin Denby wrote:
Lets face it, Windows both server and desktop versions, as does MAC OS X, So why are linux distros not willing to be server of desktop focused..... or even have 2 versions. ( and for my money, the ones in the best position is Novell with SUSE, Ximian and their own networking history... They could really make some cool linux distros.)
Well, usually a desktop version or "home edition" of any operating system is really just the same thing sold at a significantly lower price and with some of the more "professional" features removed. In the world of Linux and the GPL, you are not paying for the software, but the support. If Red Hat are not interested in supporting home users anyway, there is very little point in them maintaining a "lite" version of their distribution. That does not mean that you cannot simply unselect all the stuff you do not need on your desktop machine during the installation. -- Matthias