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Business model is important too
Business model is important too
Posted Oct 17, 2005 13:16 UTC (Mon) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)In reply to: Dumber people can run Linux (Inquirer) by smitty_one_each
Parent article: Dumber people can run Linux (Inquirer)
The focus of a distribution is also important. I had real trouble keeping my old Mandrake 9.1 up to date, as sources were changing all the time; I am sure that if I had subscribed to Mandrake Club it would have worked flawlessly. This does not happen with Debian which is a voluntary effort; updates are usually painless.
Similarly for corporate users, Mandriva, Red Hat or Novell surely work well for them. Ubuntu is focused on common users; and it does not require you to pay or subscribe anywhere for things to work as they should. That alone is a big advantage for regular users.
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