oded... it's more than that... i'm envisioning a single/simple process for the user... you take a blank machine... insert a basic floppy/cd and you begin the process to build the machine for a given service... this process would ensure that everything needed to work for that given service(s) is reasonably tested, and that it works.... -bruce ps.. there'd be alot more to do in order to get this kind of approach to work... but the high level goal, would be to have minimal targeted systems for specific tasks/services... -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Oded Maimon Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 3:45 PM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: OT: What's the deal with Ubuntu? bruce wrote: >and matt... > >go back and reread what my original thought was.. if someone >produced/supported this kind os 'system' which consisted of the tested apps >in a bundle.. my gut tells me that there's a market... > >if you have the systems/services that i mentioned, and others.. i'm sure >there are people who'd pay... essentially you'd streamline the process of >putting together a development environment for development teams... > >my $0.02 worth.. > >-bruce > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Matthew Miller >Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 1:55 PM >To: For users of Fedora Core releases >Subject: Re: OT: What's the deal with Ubuntu? > > >On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 01:53:51PM -0700, bruce wrote: > > >>where can you go to get a complete/downloadable system.. (not a bunch of >>apps) that you can setup for a webserver, or for an ldap server.. that's >>essentially ready to go.. i envision something that you install, reboot, >> >> >and > > >>it's ready to run... not just that the underlying apps are installed... >> >> > >Oh, I see. You want a systems integrator. I bet quite a few people on this >list do that. Hey, pay me enough and *I* will. :) > > > >>as you know, there's often more that has to be done to get an app to >>run/be useful than just installing... >> >> > >The problem is that by definition, every case has different needs. >Otherwise, it *would* be a matter of just installing. > >-- >Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> >Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> >Current office temperature: 79 degrees Fahrenheit. > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > Bruce, this is a grate thought, i believe this can be done easily by installing the basic fedora and creating yum groups for all the machine types... it's not a hard job, and i think it is something to think about... -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
