Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 28, 2004 11:16 PM
Especially in the non-desktop world. Even in the desktop world there are benefits.
If you want a server machine, you want your server stuff. You don't want games, if you're smart you probably wouldn't even want a GUI. If I can grab a distribution, get the kernel optimized, then grab a server module - it just makes things that much more simple.
Likewise, if I want a workstation, I could grab a 'KDE Code Workstation' module, complete with several IDEs and compilers. Or a 'Gnome Graphics Workstation,' with blender et al.
It would allow you to tailor the distribution at a finer level than currently possible, but at a courser level than a per-package basis. Sounds like a really freakin' good idea to me. If you don't need everything, why do you need to grab 3 cds in order to uncheck the boxes next to most of the stuff on said CDs?
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 28, 2004 11:16 PMIf you want a server machine, you want your server stuff. You don't want games, if you're smart you probably wouldn't even want a GUI. If I can grab a distribution, get the kernel optimized, then grab a server module - it just makes things that much more simple.
Likewise, if I want a workstation, I could grab a 'KDE Code Workstation' module, complete with several IDEs and compilers. Or a 'Gnome Graphics Workstation,' with blender et al.
It would allow you to tailor the distribution at a finer level than currently possible, but at a courser level than a per-package basis. Sounds like a really freakin' good idea to me. If you don't need everything, why do you need to grab 3 cds in order to uncheck the boxes next to most of the stuff on said CDs?
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