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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.
No we don't have VMware. What do I need several linux environments for? Anyway - shouldn't I be able to load several "sub-linux" under User-mode Linux?
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
I know.
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.
Ah ok. Forgot about that.
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?
Both. We use Samba to inter-connect windows with UNIX but also NFS to share unix home directories.
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?
In private. But generally the bottom line is that I am not completly free to do just anything on the net.
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.
Yes, but people already have to deal with these environments on a daily basis, so anything else I introduce will have to come in addition to them, not replace them.
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.
I think there is a cost issue here as well. Management is very cost concience (that's a main reason they looked at Linux for the desktop in the first place).
If "look and feel" is the issue, then any distro will do.
Again - we have to deal with RH8/9 anyway. Other distros will just add more noise to handle.
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!
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