[CentOS-devel] Re: CentOS-5 on i586

Karanbir Singh mail-lists at karan.org
Mon Apr 7 17:41:54 UTC 2008


Scott Silva wrote:
> But is an Enterprise distro really the right fit for something like the 
> OLPC project? Or the embedded market?

yes, its the perfect fit.

> I see something like Ubuntu  or Debian being a better fit for the low 
> end machines.>

No, you dont want to redo a port every 6 months for the embedded 
markets. The whole point is fire-and-forget capability for those sort of 
roles.

> Enterprise distros are better suited to corporate type  use. 

Which is mostly the same as what people in the embedded markets use.

> You can't be all things to all people, or you will just alienate them all.

how about people who want to help themselves ?

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