[mdlug] Where's the "Linux Home Server"

[Robert Adkins]

Richard Harding wrote:
> Robert Adkins wrote:
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>>     So, who out there has this all ready to go?
>>
>>     I'm talking taking a CD/DVD Install Media, installing that on a 
>> blank machine. Then BAM! you have your "Linux Home Server" with little 
>> additional configuration required. (The only configuration being network 
>> addressing and maybe a few other minor configuration options.
>>
>>     
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> Since when has anything in linux been "all ready to go". The trick is 
> that you can do whatever you want to do, but the linux way is that you 
> should know what you're doing vs. the window's way of "Just let us take 
> care of it all for you".
>
> Customization vs limitation
>
> Rick
    Since when does the average home user looking to add a "Home Server" 
because they now have all these PCs and Media Files want to go through 
all the extra work that we Linux users are used to?

    Will Linux make a splash in this budding market or will Microsoft 
and Apple dominate it, simply because they are willing to cater to this 
market, while we Linux users and our very skilled Linux hacker 
associates sit idly by and say, "Well, if someone wants to, they can 
roll their own Linux Home Server...."?

    -Rob