Hi Guys, we hear the terms OpenStack and Docker bandied around a lot. Do these products have any bearing on Desktop users ? I am puzzled as to why they get so much coverage if they are software for Data Centres. Why do the Linux Media worship at the altar of OpenStack and Docker? Any thoughts on this?
On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 23:26:02 +0000, cabernet wrote:
> Hi Guys, we hear the terms OpenStack and Docker bandied around a lot. Do
> these products have any bearing on Desktop users ? I am puzzled as to
> why they get so much coverage if they are software for Data Centres. Why
> do the Linux Media worship at the altar of OpenStack and Docker? Any
> thoughts on this?
Openstack not so much for desktop users.
Docker can be useful for a number of things - particularly where you
might need to or want to run different versions of (for example) Apache.
They get so much coverage because containers and virtualization are huge
in the data center, and when scaling infrastructures to deal with
internet-scale deployments, these are very important technologies.
Jim
Jim Henderson
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I just wish we had some new Desktop Technology to take us forward - something new - something to catch our imagination. My Opensuse 13.2 languishes in yesteryear. It is my favourite distro but time is moving on and I am not sure if it is keeping pace - despite Leap and Tumbleweed.
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:56:01 +0000, cabernet wrote:
> I just wish we had some new Desktop Technology to take us forward -
> something new - something to catch our imagination. My Opensuse 13.2
> languishes in yesteryear. It is my favourite distro but time is moving
> on and I am not sure if it is keeping pace - despite Leap and
> Tumbleweed.
Most people look for a desktop OS that lets them get stuff done.
openSUSE does keep pace, but the 13.2 release (and the others before it)
aim for stability, which means generally not pulling in the “latest and
greatest” of everything (that introduces instability without lots of
testing).
Tumbleweed fills that need, but with the frequency of change that a
rolling release provides, you trade off some compatibility (for example,
proprietary, closed-source video drivers) for that “keeping with the
latest and greatest”).
openSUSE has something for everyone.
Jim
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Yes Tumbleweed and Leap have their place, and yes OpenSuse enables you to get things done. But so does Android, Fedora, Ubuntu etc to various degrees. The Desktop seems to have fallen off the radar and in its place a myriad of devices and gadgets and software (think cloud) have come into being. A Desktop that better integrates some of this stuff may be helpful. Anyway these are just observations and others are better equipped to make these judgements. But OpenSuse has not changed much over recent years, while many other technologies have.
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 23:26:01 +0000, cabernet wrote:
> Yes Tumbleweed and Leap have their place, and yes OpenSuse enables you
> to get things done. But so does Android, Fedora, Ubuntu etc to various
> degrees. The Desktop seems to have fallen off the radar and in its place
> a myriad of devices and gadgets and software (think cloud)
> have come into being. A Desktop that better integrates some of this
> stuff may be helpful. Anyway these are just observations and others are
> better equipped to make these judgements. But OpenSuse has not changed
> much over recent years, while many other technologies have.
Well, I’d have to disagree, but that’s OK, we don’t need to agree on
everything. 
In my day job, I work with cloud-based technologies as a matter of
routine - and I use Android devices quite regularly. The challenge with
cloud-based technologies is that individuals are much slower to trust
“the cloud” than businesses are, and integration of cloud technologies is
met by many with suspicion. Just look at the response Microsoft’s
received to Cortana in Windows 10.
Jim
Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C