ZDNet Recommends Linux

[Gary Stainburn]

I still have 70+ users running WinXP and for the moment have no plans to 
change them just because support will cease.  I'm sure there are others in a 
similar situation.

I would love to move all 200+ users to Linux + LibreOffice but I'm stuck with 
having to use Internet Explorer 8/9 for the application we use to run our 
business.  The providers have specifically written the application to work 
with IE but even then have to "mend" it for each new release.

Having said that I'm not sure I would use Fedora as the release/update cycle 
would be a nightmare to administer for 200+ seats.  I would be interested to 
hear people's comments on which dist would be better for desktop (non-IT) 
users. Centos? Mint?

I do have two Macbooks in the company and I do like the look and feel of them 
but to be honest I'm glad I don't have to *use* them. They're not used by 
what I could call "business users" tho so I don't know how they would perform 
in the real world.

I'm yet to be convinced about thin clients, be they ChromeOS or any of the 
other cloud based ones. I would be interested to hear of real world examples 
of it working tho.

On Thursday 11 April 2013 14:25:01 Michael Leung wrote:
> I am thinking about some linux based opensource tablet os.
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2013-04-11 at 16:43 +1000, Michael Leung wrote:
> > > Now is a post-pc era.
> >
> > I've never been in the major computing rat race, I've always used the
> > alternatives (never had a C64, used Amiga when Windows became all the
> > rage, Linux later on, and other things before we had personal computers
> > that we'd recognise today).  There's always been something different.
> > It's rarely been a competitor on an even footing, but existed for many
> > years because people did want something different.  I don't see that
> > situation going away.  There will always be some alternative, and Linux
> > needs to stay being an alternative, not a clone of the world's worst
> > operating system ever foisted upon the public.
> >
> > --
> > [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
> > 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
> >
> > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.  I
> > read messages from the public lists.
> >
> >
> >
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Gary Stainburn
Group I.T. Manager
Ringways Garages
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