Re: Which RH or FC to install for company developer desktop?

[Gil Freund]

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Hi,

I got a chance to install Linux on my office desktop (next to Windows 
XP, for now).
Do you have VMware? This can be very handy to display several Linux 
environments side by side.
I'd like to install something which will impress them the most with 
stability and usability,
and mostly as a developer station.

I expect to need it for:
1. Develop in Java (we already have an Eclipse-based full environment)
Which is also available in Linux
2. Develop in C++ (right now development is done on VC++ and only builds 
are done on
Linux/Solaris/AIX)
3. Access CVS (through the Eclipse CVS plugin is the best GUI for this, 
so it might
not be necessary to have a separate tool)
Ditto
3. Access Exchange 2003 server (I already asked Ximian for a price offer 
for their connector
to use with Evolution)
Exchange 2003 also has a Web interface which is nice, and works well 
even in non-ie environment.
4. Share disks with other UN*X and windows (NFS, Samba and remote CIFS 
mounts of course)
A little more information is required here. Are you looking for a 
"Network Neighborhood" style environment or a more unix style mount points?
5. Maybe share user database (LDAP?)
Linux LDAP clients can connect to AD. Mandrake, for one, can also use AD 
for user management out of the box.
Our sys admin is not quite cooperative on this front, so there are 
limitations on what exactly
can be done.
Can you say more about his/her concerns?
We already have CD's of RH 8 and RH9 at the office. We expect to see 
both of them at customer
sites.
I would not put too much emphasis in this point. The clients would most 
likely be using Linux on their production servers, whereas you are 
looking for a desktop environment.

But I though that maybe I can use Fedora Core for development station - 
can anyone compare
it vs. RH? Can I try the just released FC2 or should I still stay awat?
Is this a cost issue? Can you get someone in your management to fork out 
money for SuSE or Sun's desktop? If you are limited to the free (as in 
beer) linux, Mandrake or Fedora seems the first options.
If "look and feel" is the issue, then any distro will do.
I'd like the environment to demo the best features Linux desktop has to 
offer today, but I suppose
I should also be careful not to setup something too shaky if I want to 
convicne them to switch the
entire office to Linux desktops.
Evangelisms! Amen to that, brother, do I hear you say hallelujah?! 
Praise the penguin!
Thanks,

--Amos



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