[Gllug] Flash on RedHat Linux

[JLMS]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Martin A. Brooks
<martin at hinterlands.org> wrote:
> On Wed, October 27, 2010 18:02, - Tethys wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Martin A. Brooks
>> <martin at hinterlands.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm curious... why are you doing desktop-like things on a machine
>>> running
>>> an enterprise OS?
>>
>> It's what people do in a big business environment. What else would
>> they be running?
>
> For desktops in a big business environment?  I'd expect them to be running
> Windows.


Uh? It depends. I know of big installations running Linux only, they
are quire well controlled and regimented (500+ desktops).


>
>> You're unlikely to find them running Debian or Fedora
>> or Ubuntu, for example. For some users, support is critical, and for
>> those people, the only sane options are RHEL or SLED. Plus, of course,
>> enterprise != server.
>
> Anyone considering RHEL for the desktop is clearly several sandwiches
> short of a picnic.
>
> Nice to see we're disagreeing again :)
>
>


Not if you have the people to support it and have been burned by
Windows malware in the past....
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