On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 16:38, Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com> wrote:
> Redhat is SERVER distribution. Most users here are new DESKTOP Linux users.
> A server distribution such as Redhat, is not meant to even use X, although
> you can use a GUI, but it introduces potential problems, that you can avoid
> by running from a terminal.
>
> You would do better to look at a site such as Linuxquesstions.org and seek
> out Redhat threads or forums such as:
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/
Did Red Hat kill off X in RHEL 6? RHEL has always had a GUI and
worked just as well as a desktop OS as it does a server OS. I used
RHEL 4 and 5 for a long time as desktop OSs on both test and
development systems.
The Server only thing is just marketing junk,
ANY Linux is a server distribution, just as ANY Linux is a desktop
distribution (within general descriptions of ANY). Obviously there
are some specialised distributions out there, but most of those are
appliance distros for specific purposes (running on CoA systems, plug
and boot routers, etc).
For absolute Newbies, however, I do usually recommend Ubuntu, but
CentOS runs just as well.
Cheers,
Jeff
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