Collaboration on a "Different type" of OS

[Yea, i use windows, W]

As we all know, Windows is the very popular, its a jack of ALL TRADES!, but master at none, So, I had a idea on making a new "type" of OS, Which will be based on linux ofc, So like windows has many various different types, Home, Pro, Ultimate (win 7) So, this OS will have different workloads, Wanna do Workstation Work? You can get a OS exactly optimized for Workstation purposes, You do music production you say? Get a OS which is much more Optimized for your specific NEED!  But, what if you do alot of different stuff? Music and Workstation and even some little Programming you say? Get the Base version, which is not specifically optimized for a single task!

So this is a dumb idea, but i still thought i should ask  

[PorkishPig]

This already exists, distros such as Ubuntu have multiple flavors available. See https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours.

Edited October 7, 2020 by PorkishPig

[WereCatf]

4 minutes ago, Yea, i use windows, W said:

Wanna do Workstation Work? You can get a OS exactly optimized for Workstation purposes

Define what, exactly, does "workstation purposes" contain and how it differs from regular desktop-usage. Go ahead, I dare you to come up with a good, specific definition for that.

[Yea, i use windows, W]

Just now, PorkishPig said:

This already exists, some distros such as Ubuntu have multiple flavors available. See https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours.

Thats not what i said, none of ubuntu flavours have a specific task dedicated towards, i mean where do you see ubuntu workstation, or ubuntu cybersecurity, or ubuntu AI?  

[Prodigy_Smit]

1 minute ago, WereCatf said:

Define what, exactly, does "workstation purposes"

I assumed he meant like render farms and such.

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, Smit Devrukhkar said:

I assumed he meant like render farms and such.

That's still not a specific definition. My point is that it's easy to throw around all sorts of lofty, high-level ideas, but actually thinking about the specifics is where nearly all such ideas stumble upon and die.

[Yea, i use windows, W]

3 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Define what, exactly, does "workstation purposes" contain and how it differs from regular desktop-usage. Go ahead, I dare you to come up with a good, specific definition for that.

I meant, like people who 3D render, maybe do AI or even do some heavy Video editing

[WereCatf]

Just now, Yea, i use windows, W said:

I meant, like people who 3D render, maybe do AI or even do some heavy Video editing

You're still not describing anything about what, exactly, would be different in such a distro versus a regular desktop-oriented distro.

[PorkishPig]

7 minutes ago, Yea, i use windows, W said:

Thats not what i said, none of ubuntu flavours have a specific task dedicated towards, i mean where do you see ubuntu workstation, or ubuntu cybersecurity, or ubuntu AI?  

Each flavor provides a description for its intended use case. I'm not entirely sure what you would expect to differ between a workstation and cybersecurity distro. Every flavor of Ubuntu is capable of using the exact same software, which can be installed and configured to the needs of the user.

[Yea, i use windows, W]

Just now, WereCatf said:

You're still not describing anything about what, exactly, would be different in such a distro versus a regular desktop-oriented distro.

A OS which is more Optimized towards Workstation tasks, like the OS should do everything in its power to make Workstation tasks more efficient, faster

[WereCatf]

Just now, Yea, i use windows, W said:

A OS which is more Optimized towards Workstation tasks, like the OS should do everything in its power to make Workstation tasks more efficient, faster

That's still the same kind of fluffy, no-actual-details kind of idea as you already presented. You are not describing any actual details.

[Yea, i use windows, W]

Just now, WereCatf said:

That's still the same kind of fluffy, no-actual-details kind of idea as you already presented. You are not describing any actual details.

How should i explain more??? 

[WereCatf]

Just now, Yea, i use windows, W said:

How should i explain more??? 

Exactly. You have no idea how to actually "make workstation-tasks more efficient and faster" than what you'd get with a bog-standard desktop-distro.

[Yea, i use windows, W]

1 minute ago, WereCatf said:

Exactly. You have no idea how to actually "make workstation-tasks more efficient and faster" than what you'd get with a bog-standard desktop-distro.

I just came with a idea, I thought when a person thinks that this is a good idea, we can discuss the other details, if i didnt need help, i would have never came

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, Yea, i use windows, W said:

we can discuss the other details

But that's what's already happening.

[Yea, i use windows, W]

Just now, WereCatf said:

But that's what's already happening.

I mean, do you know how to make workstation tasks more faster, efficient and better over all??

[WereCatf]

Just now, Yea, i use windows, W said:

I mean, do you know how to make workstation tasks more faster, efficient and better over all??

No, because "like people who 3D render, maybe do AI or even do some heavy Video editing" all work fine on a bog-standard desktop-distro.

[BrinkGG]

3 minutes ago, Yea, i use windows, W said:

Thats not what i said, none of ubuntu flavours have a specific task dedicated towards, i mean where do you see ubuntu workstation, or ubuntu cybersecurity, or ubuntu AI?  

ubuntu cybersecurity = Kali Linux, Red Hat enterprise...

ubuntu AI = Manjaro, Debian, Fedora, Mint or any standard desktop environment really...

7 minutes ago, Yea, i use windows, W said:

A OS which is more Optimized towards Workstation tasks, like the OS should do everything in its power to make Workstation tasks more efficient, faster

"Workstation tasks" could be everything from CAD work to Videoediting to Dev/Compile to programming... The list goes on. And the truth is, further optimization of distros would get you... Maybe 3% increase? Most are already very well optimized for the workloads you've listed. 

 

[OrionFOTL]

16 minutes ago, Yea, i use windows, W said:

like the OS should do everything in its power to make Workstation tasks more efficient, faster

And if somebody decides to launch a music editing program on it, then suddenly the OS should get lazy and not try to do it efficiently, just because it is the "Workstation edition" and not the "Music edition"?

[Yea, i use windows, W]

1 minute ago, BrinkGG said:

ubuntu cybersecurity = Kali Linux, Red Hat enterprise...

ubuntu AI = Manjaro, Debian, Fedora, Mint or any standard desktop environment really...

"Workstation tasks" could be everything from CAD work to Videoediting to Dev/Compile to programming... The list goes on. And the truth is, further optimization of distros would get you... Maybe 3% increase? Most are already very well optimized for the workloads you've listed. 

 

Okay... so maybe this was not a good idea lol

[WereCatf]

2 minutes ago, BrinkGG said:

Maybe 3% increase?

That's pretty optimistic.

[BrinkGG]

3 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

That's pretty optimistic.

Yeah I know, but that's roughly what you can get depending on work type. 

[BrinkGG]

18 minutes ago, Yea, i use windows, W said:

Okay... so maybe this was not a good idea lol

People have been trying to do this for years. If you just google "Best linux distro for _____" and fill in your workload, there are SO many options for most workloads, or obvious best choices in some cases. 

Need a firewall? PFSense, OPNSense, RedHat Routing, even just ubuntu with routing, DCHP and ARP tables on. 

Need to game? Manjaro, PopOS, Fedora, Ubuntu LTS...

The list goes on, just google your need.

 

EDIT:

Also by posting a list of distros with workloads next to it, someone will probably say "bUt bRiNk, PoPOS iS bEtTeR aT gAmInG tHEn mAnJarO!!1!!" and get all butthurt. 

To that person:

 

[Nayr438]

I will just drop this here, as this seems to be what you are describing.

https://getfedora.org/

https://labs.fedoraproject.org/