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1. identicats Ubuntu users , Linux , Linux Mint Users

   My company consider move from !ubuntu to !linux !mint.

   about a year ago from web
   • appleseedhumanity and Schokolade online kaufen like this.
   • Fayaz Yusuf Khan Ubuntu users , Linux

     @identicats interesting. how come?

     about a year ago
   • identicats Ubuntu users , Linux , Fayaz Yusuf Khan

     @fayazbhai policy from the IT department.

     about a year ago
   • Rajit Vikram Singh Linux

     @identicats But why? Mint doesn't have support plans AFAIK.

     about a year ago
   • identicats Ubuntu users , Linux , Linux Mint Users , Rajit Vikram Singh

     @rajitsingh They consider using openindianna and FreeBSD too.

     about a year ago
   • Rajit Vikram Singh Linux , Linux Mint Users

     @identicats None of which provide any support as well. Weird.

     about a year ago
   • Phillip Smith Linux , Rajit Vikram Singh

     @rajitsingh Microsoft and Apple hardly provide support either, so I don't get that argument.

     about a year ago
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   • Daniel Devine Linux , Fayaz Yusuf Khan

     @fayazbhi I would venture two main things: stability/standards and predictability (no crazy shit). These two things enable self-support.

     about a year ago
   • Daniel Devine Linux , Rajit Vikram Singh

     @rajitsingh but with the way that FreeBSD works you are enabled to perform self-support. A release includes full documentation, and QA.

     about a year ago
   • Rajit Vikram Singh Linux , Phillip Smith

     @fukawi2 They don't have corporate support plans? Along with licencing, that is usually the biggest source of revenue.

     about a year ago
   • Rajit Vikram Singh Linux , Daniel Devine

     @ddevine FreeBSD makes more sense than Mint. To that, I agree.

     about a year ago
   • Daniel Devine Linux , Rajit Vikram Singh

     @rajisingh I would only not use Mint because there are better enterprise-grade offerings. I would go for Debian or CentOS.

     about a year ago
   • Rajit Vikram Singh Linux , Daniel Devine

     My point, exactly. Red Hat as well.

     about a year ago
   • Daniel Devine Linux , Rajit Vikram Singh

     @rajitsingh but why pay for something you do not need?

     about a year ago
   • Phillip Smith Linux , Rajit Vikram Singh

     @rajitsingh And no one except large corporations can afford that... Small and medium business is stuck being shafted with home users.

     about a year ago
   • Phillip Smith Linux , Rajit Vikram Singh

     @rajitsing Community support with windows, os x and linux for most users, so support isn't generally an argument against linux in business

     about a year ago
   • Velska Makila Linux , Phillip Smith

     Okay, I know this is redundant here, but: W7 has so-so built-in help. Proper M$ support: $$$; community Win support sucks BIG.

     about a year ago
   • Velska Makila Ubuntu users , Linux

     You don't have to take Unity w/ Ubuntu. But if you're going for robustness, skip Mint and go to Debian.

     about a year ago
   • Craig Errington Velska Makila

     Or, to keep things robust+easy (drivers), there's always Mint Debian Edition...Although I'd be worried about using community support at work

     about a year ago
   • Daniel Martí Linux , Velska Makila

     +1

     about a year ago
   • Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér Linux , Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér , Velska Makila

     @velska .. from work

     about a year ago
   • Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér Linux , Velska Makila

     @velska There is an IT forum where I do most of the Linux stuff and they know Windows. Good to have a connection for Excel questions ..

     about a year ago
   • appleseedhumanity Linux Mint Users

     Good choice. !Mint is smooth and gets things done. #Ubuntu looks like Fisher Price were in charge.

     about a year ago