On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 11:33:15AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I got a chance to install Linux on my office desktop (next to Windows > XP, for now). > 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) > 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)
a GUI still can't do scripts. > 3. Access Exchange 2003 server (I already asked Ximian for a price offer > for their connector to use with Evolution) For mail you can use imap. Calendaring is more complicated. Keep in mind that evolution currently has a problem displaying Hebrew. > 4. Share disks with other UN*X and windows (NFS, Samba and remote CIFS > mounts of course) > 5. Maybe share user database (LDAP?) NIS? winbind? > > Our sys admin is not quite cooperative on this front, so there are > limitations on what exactly > can be done. > > We already have CD's of RH 8 and RH9 at the office. We expect to see > both of them at customer sites. Why? RH8 is already past its end-of-life. RH9 is nearing it. Can anybody here attest to the quality of Fedora Legacy <http://www.fedoralegacy.org/>? Alternatively you may decide to do your own fixes, or to pay Progeny. Keep in mind the inherent binary incompatibility between RH8 and RH9 (NPTL). > > 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? > > 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. Keep in mind that with RH9 you'll have problems demonstrating bleeding-edge tools. But why do you feel confined to use RH? Why not use your Debian, if you're so familiar with it? It should have a benefit for stability (all the packages come from one source). As for usability: I leave that to you. -- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
