On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:27:24 -0000, StarLion <duked...@gmail.com> wrote:
Actually, I would think Fedora would be better in that kind of situation. I've put up with SELinux on it a few times. It's annoying, but I'll grant it does the job well.
I would hate to play devils advocate but I'd be more interested in seeing the government move with someone like Red Hat and take on a support contract.
There isn't much that will damage the opinion of Linux more than a roll-out of "unsupported" distro X desktops which end up compromised within 6 months because the primarily windows trained staff didn't know how to manage the network.
To be honest if a review of desktops happened, It would be better that a thin client solution was seriously looked at. By being able to set-up VPN access to a terminal server "private" data can remain on the secure machines. But I'm sure we all know the advantages of such a solution. I'm not sure many people have an idea of the costs.
Ironically now Sun is gone. They had all this wrapped up in some excellent (albeit expensive) bundles.
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