Robin 'Roblimo' Miller wrote:
>
> SUSE is excellent, but if you seriously want to satisfy a particular
> client that's going to run a number of Linux workstations (and
> presumably servers), you might want to talk to Warren Woodford, the
> Mepis developer, about a custom distro with exactly the apps you need,
> tailored for the hardware you've going to use.
>
> Before he got into Linux, Warren was a business process software
> developer (very heavy creds going back 25 years) and I know he's going
> to move toward building and maintaining custom enterprise and OEM
> desktops after one or two more "general" Mepis releases anyway. He's
> made Mepis very modular with this goal in mind.
>
> Another company to check out that does cutom distros (for a bunch more
> than Warren would charge) is Progeny, which is run by Debian founder
> Ian Murdock.
>
> If you have a serious client who's willing to spend a little money
> (not necessarily a lot), "'the" way to go is a custom distro that can
> be *for sure* one-click updated without breaking anything, and one
> made carefully so that you *know* all the hardware and software in the
> network will work together without problems.
>
> - Robin
Thanks for the information. I wasn't aware that Mr. Woodford was that
forthcoming in producing tailored products. I'll certainly have to ask
him what the cost would be for something like that.
Question: Are you the Robin Miller of Newsforge?
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