> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:59:23 -0600 > From: Frank Cox <theatre@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Ubuntu download > To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <20070722105923.deeae485.theatre@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:46:18 -0700 > David Boles <dgboles@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have to ask the obvious question. Why would you want to run a server OS > > on a laptop? > > The obvious answer may be that even if you don't want RHEL specifically on your > laptop, by purchasing it with RHEL pre-installed you can be reasonably well > assured that all of the included hardware is supported under Linux of whatever > variety. Therefore you could order with confidence and install any other Linux > flavour on it when you got the machine in the door. No. I wouldn't like to pay a premium for Red Hat's commercial distribution and then not use it. I teach courses using Red Hat's distribution, and I have to specify machines that students will use in our courses. I know I can obtain RHEL or any of its variants and install myself, and I do that now, but that's not as good as getting the whole package from one source. Erik
