From: Daniel Sheppard <daniels@...>
Date: 2007-02-07T10:10:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Linux OS

 
> > Gentoo is not a desktop OS
> 
> Depends on your definition of "desktop OS".  Everything is relative, I
> mean there are .net programmers who think windoze is a good server OS,
> and it just might be from their perspective.  Gross generalizations
> like the one you made above are good for nothing but flame wars.

I meant it as a counter to the dismissal of gentoo as a valid choice for
a server OS. This thread was a discussion about which linux OS should be
selected for a server environment, and an earlier poster said 'Ubuntu is
a desktop OS, as is Gentoo', I was pointing out that that was not the
case at all. 

The primary purpose of ubuntu is to be a desktop linux os (it is geared
towards desktop use). The primary purpose of gentoo is to provide an
optimised build using a special package management system (it's not just
geared towards desktop use).

I was dismissing a generalisation not making one.

Dan.