Is there a reason I couldn't just use Windows Server for my computer and still do all the times I normally do?
>>52147597
No.
I run Arch Linux on my ThinkPad and I use remote desktop to my company's RDS server for anything I need to do on Windows.
One downside is that the latest edition of Server is still based on Windows 8, so you're stuck with that.
Although if you're only going to be using it locally, the 2016 preview should do fine.
The license is also significantly more expensive for server, and Microsoft likes to fuck you up the ass when they find out you're using unlicensed enterprise software.
you missed the stupid question thread, try again.
>>52147946
>>52148001
Why the fuck does it look better than normal windows.
>>52148856
because it's linux
>>52149358
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.
Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
>>52148856
Windows Server 2012.
It's just Windows 8, without any desktop icons or shit pinned to the taskbar.
>>52147597
my DD for a long time was an IBM System x3550 running '08 R2 that I just remoted into from an x61 or an iPad and did all my work on, it was a pretty sweet deal
How does Server differ from normal windows?
>>52149745
Quite you!
>>52150176
No built-in entertainment, more "secure" IE OOTB, RDP and other remote access enhancements, used to be the only way to get Hyper-V support as well.
>>52149745
No, Richard, it's 'Linux', not 'GNU/Linux'. The most important contributions that the FSF made to Linux were the creation of the GPL and the GCC compiler. Those are fine and inspired products. GCC is a monumental achievement and has earned you, RMS, and the Free Software Foundation countless kudos and much appreciation.
Following are some reasons for you to mull over, including some already answered in your FAQ.
One guy, Linus Torvalds, used GCC to make his operating system (yes, Linux is an OS -- more on this later). He named it 'Linux' with a little help from his friends. Why doesn't he call it GNU/Linux? Because he wrote it, with more help from his friends, not you. You named your stuff, I named my stuff -- including the software I wrote using GCC -- and Linus named his stuff. The proper name is Linux because Linus Torvalds says so. Linus has spoken. Accept his authority. To do otherwise is to become a nag. You don't want to be known as a nag, do you?
(An operating system)!= (a distribution). Linux is an operating system. By my definition, an operating system is that software which provides and limits access to hardware resources on a computer. That definition applies whereever you see Linux in use. However, Linux is usually distributed with a collection of utilities and applications to make it easily configurable as a desktop system, a server, a development box, or a graphics workstation, or whatever the user needs. In such a configuration, we have a Linux (based) distribution. Therein lies your strongest argument for the unwieldy title 'GNU/Linux' (when said bundled software is largely from the FSF). Go bug the distribution makers on that one. Take your beef to Red Hat, Mandrake, and Slackware. At least there you have an argument. Linux alone is an operating system that can be used in various applications without any GNU software whatsoever. Embedded applications come to mind as an obvious example.
