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Re: Are there different Installer Packages between Server and Desktop?

From Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Are there different Installer Packages between Server and Desktop?
Date 2017-03-20 21:40 +0100
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On Mon 20 Mar 2017 at 11:27:50 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:

> The differentiation in "server" and "desktop" only really made sense
> for commercial vendors, as a device to extract as much money as
> possible from their customers. For a free operating system this
> device doesn't make that much sense (that's perhaps why you will
> get somewhat surprised reactions over here ;-)

You're a cynic.

But you found head of the nail. :)

-- 
Brian.

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Re: Are there different Installer Packages between Server and  Desktop? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-20 11:30 +0100
  Re: Are there different Installer Packages between Server and  Desktop? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-20 21:40 +0100
    Re: Are there different Installer Packages between Server and  Desktop? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-20 23:00 +0100

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