Re: Linux Workstation and Server

Steve Shah (sshah@alteon.com)
Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:14:16 -0700

The specific differences are in the partitioning scheme. In client, RH
won't destroy any partitions that aren't Linux or empty. This is good
for Winders folk trying to get into the game for the first time and I
think this is a good feature. You gotta start from somewhere...
Hopefully they'll eventually learn, but realistically this is a
prefectly viable configuration option for a non-tech home user.

The server config OTOH repartitions the disk completely. Any previous
installs will go away in this configuration. The new partitioning
scheme requires something like 1.5G of disk and is roughly broken down
into 500M /usr, 500M /home, and 500M other + swap. (If you have more disk,
each partition scales acordingly.)

I think the server config is questionable. Someone configuring a
server *should* understand the Linux-way of partitioning disks vs. the
Windows way (one huge partition when possible with all system software
on the C: drive). But again, to the naive sysadmin who heard about
Linux and just wants to take it for a test drive, it is probably a
good thing.

-Steve

On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 09:53:09AM +0300, Mircea Ciocan wrote:
>
> Well in RedHat and friends talk is just some install option that let
> you select 2 predefined packages set best suited for, doh, workstation
> and server.
> It is said that helps begginers to never do a custom install and learn
> what else is in their distro. ( sarcasm here ;)
>
> Mircea C.
>
> shane yan wrote:
> >
> > Could you please let me know the major difference between the Linux server
> > and Linux workstation?
> >
> > Thanx,
> > Shane
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