Comments on: Dell collaborates with Microsoft/Novell – 2007 is definitely the year of desktop Linux http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/07/dell-collaborates-with-microsoftnovell-2007-is-definitely-the-year-of-desktop-linux A permanent record for what's interesting today - this is my live journal Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:35:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wade Mealing http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/07/dell-collaborates-with-microsoftnovell-2007-is-definitely-the-year-of-desktop-linux/comment-page-1#comment-127599 Wade Mealing Thu, 10 May 2007 01:19:50 +0000 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/07/dell-collaborates-with-microsoftnovell-2007-is-definitely-the-year-of-desktop-linux#comment-127599 No doubt distrowatch has its "ratings", but this is based on how many people visit that distros page on his site. It does not take into consideration the 5000 desktop roll outs of RHEL Desktop or the university deployments of Fedora. Most of those style users dont give a hoot about distro watch or their pages. I'm sure SLES and Mandriva would face the same problems. "The desktop" means many things to many people, the corporates require more control and management than the home user so in some larger circumstances it requires managment control such as zen or Red Hat Satellite to be usable for these people, other distros do not have this kind of management. Wade. No doubt distrowatch has its “ratings”, but this is based on how many people visit that distros page on his site.

It does not take into consideration the 5000 desktop roll outs of RHEL Desktop or the university deployments of Fedora. Most of those style users dont give a hoot about distro watch or their pages.

I’m sure SLES and Mandriva would face the same problems.

“The desktop” means many things to many people, the corporates require more control and management than the home user so in some larger circumstances it requires managment control such as zen or Red Hat Satellite to be usable for these people, other distros do not have this kind of management.

Wade.

]]> By: Alexey Zakhlestin http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/07/dell-collaborates-with-microsoftnovell-2007-is-definitely-the-year-of-desktop-linux/comment-page-1#comment-127586 Alexey Zakhlestin Wed, 09 May 2007 07:51:15 +0000 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/07/dell-collaborates-with-microsoftnovell-2007-is-definitely-the-year-of-desktop-linux#comment-127586 byte, check this site: http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major it has ratings of distros byte, check this site:
http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major

it has ratings of distros

]]> By: byte http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/07/dell-collaborates-with-microsoftnovell-2007-is-definitely-the-year-of-desktop-linux/comment-page-1#comment-127584 byte Wed, 09 May 2007 07:33:37 +0000 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/07/dell-collaborates-with-microsoftnovell-2007-is-definitely-the-year-of-desktop-linux#comment-127584 I don't think Ubuntu has taken the place as the mass choice desktop solution. Or maybe its taken me this long to drink the kool aid, but I can assure you, Fedora or Mandriva still have their place... I don’t think Ubuntu has taken the place as the mass choice desktop solution. Or maybe its taken me this long to drink the kool aid, but I can assure you, Fedora or Mandriva still have their place…

]]> By: Alexey Zakhlestin http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/07/dell-collaborates-with-microsoftnovell-2007-is-definitely-the-year-of-desktop-linux/comment-page-1#comment-127550 Alexey Zakhlestin Tue, 08 May 2007 08:38:28 +0000 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/07/dell-collaborates-with-microsoftnovell-2007-is-definitely-the-year-of-desktop-linux#comment-127550 Didn't ubuntu already take place as "desktop browser of mass-choice"? Debian/Novell/RedHat are more about server-segment Didn’t ubuntu already take place as “desktop browser of mass-choice”?

Debian/Novell/RedHat are more about server-segment

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