Curtis Vaughan wrote: > Thanks for all the replies. I wish to respond to many remarks and post > some new questions. > > 1. Linux Laptops > Linux laptops are hard to come by, especially on short notice. > Unfortunately, most of the time when I have to get a computer for a > colleague, it's, "I NEED A LAPTOP NOW!" So, I have to run out to a > store and buy it, configure it for our network and install office > software. Basically, that's it. I have found a company that sells over > the Internet Linux-based computers. But as I recall, I think the > cheapest such laptop starts at $2000. Outrageous! I haven't been able > to find any laptops for sale without an OS, but will take into mind some > ideas others have written about. > As for Walmart, they don't sell laptops with Linux. Furthermore, the > computers they sell with Linux have Lindows on them. A Linux OS that I > don't trust at all. No time to talk about that here. > The advantage to Mac OS X is that it's preinstalled and I know I don't > have to spend hours, if not days, configuring it to work correctly. > (Maybe) > > 2. Windows Users > A problem with probably many offices is the fact many users have been > working with Windows for years and don't want any change. > Of course, I have found that for many users a convincing argument is the > fact that they will no longer experience a crashing computer (the BSOD). > This is the reason why I see KDE as an important stepping stone toward > getting people using Linux. Personally, I myself find Aqua > frustrating. But, this is something I'll have to get used to and > perhaps try to reconfigure. > > 3. Office suits > The whole point of the move from a Windows to a Unix/Linux environment > at our office is to get away from paying for a product that really > doesn't work so well and must constantly be serviced. So, MS Office is > also out of the question. All the more so as I find OpenOffice very good. > > Final words. > I think you guys have done a good job in perhaps convincing me to give > OS X a try. Actually, I have an G3 iBook, which I have been using for > about 2 weeks now. I'm a little pissed at Apple cause when I bought it > I knew 10.2 would be coming out and felt that I had bought it recently > enough that I should be able to get 10.2 at a reduced rate. All the > more so as many people seem to be saying that 10.2 is really more a fix > than an upgrade. It sounds very MSish. Sigh..... > > One thing I haven't seen in any literature for OS X is centralized > logins. I would think that OS X would work with LDAP or PAM. I haven't > implemented either yet, but LDAP is the preferred method for Linux. Any > comments here? You see we have a policy of changing passwords > periodically. > I also haven't seen anything about logon scripts, located on a server. > I would assume that this is also configurable for OS X. > > Final problems for me (at this point). (NB. I am not pointing these > things out to ask for help, but just to say that these problems should > be more easily resolvable.) > Network printing (haven't figured this one out yet)
CUPS -- http://www.cups.org/ > Printing while on the road (in Korea they use only some weird Korean > printers, for example) If they have a CUPS server in Korea (or anywhere), all CUPS clients can come along and "just print it" on any shared printer. With CUPS, clients don't need to install a local printer driver (or even if they do, they're able to access any CUPS printer of an available server -- with all printer-specific options (duplex, stapling, punching, cover sheets, select paper tray etc.) CUPS will be shipping as part of Mac OS X 10.2. BTW, Linux questions will better be asked on a Linux mailing list... ;-) > NIS > NFS > (Samba, however, works great. I find it strange that a Unix OS is > better adaptive to SMB than NFS!) > MS Windows-like (or KDE-like) desktop > Have you checked out KDE on Mac OS X yet? (Fink people have done an awesome job here! Kurt ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
