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For server, definitely. For desktops, no: you have a thousand Linux variations that are a nightmare to support on large scale. It is hard enough to support 2-3
by AdrianB1 7y ago
For server, definitely. For desktops, no: you have a thousand Linux variations that are a nightmare to support on large scale. It is hard enough to support 2-3 Windows versions in the same time, it is impossible to have an entire country on the same Linux distro and version unless you make it mandatory as in "North Korea mandatory".
- 8bitsrule 7y ago>a thousand Linux variations that are a nightmare to support on large scale. So, why not pick -one- major distro (Debian family, Ubuntu say) and support it? win-win. (In everyday use,'thousand' doesn't mean much. 'Handful' is closer to the ground.)
- AdrianB1 7y agoThis can be done only if the government enforces the choice, but that is almost impossible: everybody will believe they are special and need something else as an exception. Some will even be justified.
- detaro 7y agoWhy is the government mandating one or two versions of Windows for government computers fine, but requiring one or two selected versions of Linux distros "North Korea"?
- AdrianB1 7y agoTLDR: there are only 2 Windows versions with large market share, Linux on desktop is much more fragmented. No, the government is mandating nothing, users can pick from the most popular OS and that are now Windows 10 and Windows 7. If you let users pick a Linux, any Linux, they will pick them all, unless the government really forces everyone to pick a single version - probably that is the point of the the version in the spotlight.
- detaro 7y agoGovernment workers pick the OS on their work PCs, really? I'm quite sure "this is your PC, IT has installed Windows X on it" is the common case. It doesn't become suddenly bad if that instead is "... has installed Ubuntu 18.04 on it".