From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Sep 13 8:38:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from cmh-dial.columbus.rr.com (cmh-dial.columbus.rr.com [204.210.252.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BC1B37B424 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:38:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from columbus.rr.com (dhcp26130024.columbus.rr.com [24.26.130.24]) by cmh-dial.columbus.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA06611 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:37:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <39BFA09B.49564234@columbus.rr.com> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:43:23 -0400 From: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Solaris desktop and server differences References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Kenneth Mays wrote: > > Here is a blurb from Sun explaining the difference between its Desktop and > Server versions of Solaris for Intel and SPARC. I was explaining in -STABLE > how Linux distributors are making selling versions of Linux for desktops and > servers. An interesting note is many new servers don't come with a floppy > drive, only a CD-ROM drive. > > There are cost differences in the Solaris line. > > Anyhow, I don't expect FreeBSD to follow this marketing tactic anytime soon > (hope not). A press of a button is all you should need to turn > a desktop version into a server version. There is too much to deal with > trying to keep the program. > - Ken It an interesting point since Redhack does something similar with the installation program. It has some canned combinations of install options called "server", "KDE workstation", and "GNOME Workstation" The only difference that I can see between them is what packages are installed and the way some startup options are configured. I wonder how Sun enforces their licensing? Personally, I prefer the FreeBSD install program as it is. I'd rather pick and choose which programs I want to run. Just because the machine is going to be a server doesn't mean I want a particular combination of Apache, sendmail and Samba installed. Just my $.02 -- FreeBSD ('BSD'): No battles to the death are recalled. It is a small Daemon wearing sneakers. It is normally found on Internet servers and powerful desktops, and moves very quickly. A kill of this poweful creature is enough to tick off any sysadmin. It is highly magical, having the power to serve. It resists DoS and SYN flood attacks. Nothing is known about its attack. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message