On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:01 PM, balachandar muruganantham > <[email protected]> wrote: > > we want to use the distro for office use meaning it will be used people > who > > are not techie. > > > > we will be doing the following > > 1. Take printout of PDF. > > 2. Take print out of word doc using Libreoffice / open office > > 3. Should support Canon 2900B Printer / any other printer on network > > 4. Should support chrome web browser. > > 5. should be easy to file share. > > > > Pretty much any distro supports all of the above. The specific apps > would depend on whether you choose KDE / GNOME / XFCE / LXDE or other > desktop environment (DE) >
are you sure? i am experiencing the opposite. > > > i have used ubuntu and its not office friendly. > > Can you please elaborate on the above? Is the default interface a > problem or something else? > i am not talking about user friendly. i am talking about office friendly. my staffs are having trouble in using it. they dont print stuff properly. setup is tedious. even after setting it up, stops working some time. > > > > > Please suggest. > > > > Without specifics issues that you have with Ubuntu, it is kind of hard > to suggest something else. The KDE / GNOME / XFCE or other DE in > any Linux distro is more or pretty much the same. > agree. PDF printing is not same across platforms. unable to setup printer drivers easily. Tamil unicode texts are not visible properly in ubuntu. anything and everything i need, i have to do lot of hacks and configurations to get it working. i also need to read lots of mailing lists / forums / documentations. - balachandar muruganantham எனது தமிழ் பக்கங்கள் - http://www.balachandar.net/pakkangal தமிழ் புத்தக விற்பனை இணையம் - http://www.chennaishopping.com/ - 300ரூ மேல் உள்ள ஆர்டர்களுக்கு, இலவச சேர்க்கை. தமிழ்ச் சொல் திருத்தி - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tamil-spell-checker-for-firefo/ 2GB space + 20 GB B/W + cPanel, LAMP Hosting http://www.vazhangi.com/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
