It's all fine and dandy that a company is trying to make money off of Linux. Free enterprise and all that good stuff. But I don't quite get the point of this 'distribution.'
I really don't see anything that comes with the package that doesn't already come with a free distribution. It says you can download WP for StarOffice, big deal. I can do that with RedHat.
Our system includes window managers, word processing, spreadsheets, image processing/viewing, video and sound software and a selection of games, utilities and productivity tools. Also included is a variety of internet tools including browsers, mail, html editors, and streaming video and audio.
Isn't all of this stuff included on a RedHat CD that you can get for next to nothing from some online vendors? Mayber their installation process is somewhat easier (though a RH 6.1 ftp install was pretty simple for even me) than other distribtuions. Everything listed in the overview section of the site is avaliable free elsewhere, with the exception of the tech support (but that's what the HOWTO's and IRC channels are there for).
I don't see anything new with this company's distribution. They just see a way to make money off of the booming Linux marketplace.
Or maybe I'm just way off base here and am totally missing the point. . .
The names used at the prestigious engineering school in downtown Atlanta are quite creative. At least the main servers that students use for just about everything:
acmex acmey acmez
You'd think that a school of computer geeks could have come up with something more creative.
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It's all fine and dandy that a company is trying to make money off of Linux. Free enterprise and all that good stuff. But I don't quite get the point of this 'distribution.'
I really don't see anything that comes with the package that doesn't already come with a free distribution. It says you can download WP for StarOffice, big deal. I can do that with RedHat.
Our system includes window managers, word processing, spreadsheets, image processing/viewing, video and sound software and a selection of games, utilities and productivity tools. Also included is a variety of internet tools including browsers, mail, html editors, and streaming video and audio.
Isn't all of this stuff included on a RedHat CD that you can get for next to nothing from some online vendors? Mayber their installation process is somewhat easier (though a RH 6.1 ftp install was pretty simple for even me) than other distribtuions. Everything listed in the overview section of the site is avaliable free elsewhere, with the exception of the tech support (but that's what the HOWTO's and IRC channels are there for).
I don't see anything new with this company's distribution. They just see a way to make money off of the booming Linux marketplace.
Or maybe I'm just way off base here and am totally missing the point. . .
The names used at the prestigious engineering school in downtown Atlanta are quite creative. At least the main servers that students use for just about everything:
acmex
acmey
acmez
You'd think that a school of computer geeks could have come up with something more creative.