Re: [Lilux-help] Inventory

Hi, On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Patrick Useldinger wrote: Slackware and desktop? You should then specify who is supposed to do the necessary administration tasks. If it is some non-clued end user (say, your grandmother), then IMHO slackware definitely won't do for a desktop. If it's for a company desktop, it won't do either, because it's going to be hard if not impossible to get external support for slackware (hint: PHBs won't even look at a standard SuSE or RedHat/Fedora, it has to be an "Enterprise Desktop" version). There remains a sort of middle ground of clued "power users" who can have fun with it by themselves. You and I may fit the bill, but we're exceptions there. If these same people have the time and inclination to do the tasks for others (hint: I sure don't, at best I'll do it for close family), then maybe a very few more people might be converted, but... I'll grant you the small IT company with a clued admin who could manage the small park for the whole company. Same goes for quite some other distros. Greets Eric