Hay, this is a really good answer. Any chance we can put it on the CLUG home page (with the other two that are there?) --- who does this? I've forgotten, but have ccd it to the right address (hopefully).
Tim W On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Sascha Beaumont wrote: > Basically you've got the choice of two camps, you can go the KDE way or > the Gnome2 way. > > Seeing as how you're already using RH9, and presumably familiar with its > configuration tools - stick with it. I've heard mixed things about > RedHat, personally I'm a Debian fan. > > Rather that simply setting up one or two boxes to show the staff, have a > variety of setups on a few computers and let them have a play. Have some > open documents, etc. > > Have a machine running KDE, a machine running Gnome, and their > respective office suites. Another with OpenOffice. Maybe something with > wine (pref. cxoffice version), running Office97 for show. > > What I would recommend is don't try to get the whole school to change, > see if you can get half a computer lab done with slightly different > setups. And let the choice of the students, and staff, speak for itself. > Or, looking at things in a longer term, dint worry about the front end > desktops, get your servers unhitched from the applications that are > holding you back. Ximian Connector ( > http://www.ximian.com/products/connector/) will help with linux exchange > compatibility. > > Get OpenOffice installed on the Windows machines, start subtle. Ditch > Internet Explorer and install mozilla. Then when you finally move people > over, they're simple like 'whee the login screen looks new'. > > Sascha > > > On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 07:46, Terry Cole wrote: > > Folks, > > With all the MS problems/virus as well as Exchange problems I have been > > having, I am keen to try a Linux option at our high school. > > I have RH 9 Web server that performs great, no downtime. > > I have spoken with our board chair who is also on my side. > > > > > > For workstations and server what OS and Apps should I use? > > We need 'Office', 'Corel', 'Internet', 'E-mail', 'Publisher'. > > > > I want to put a small network together to show the staff. > > > > Any suggestions would be great. > > > > Cheers > > > > Terry Cole > > Rotorua, New Zealand > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.cole.gen.nz > > http://www.websnz.com > > > -- > Sascha Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Tim Wright Assistant Lecturer Department of Computer Science University of Canterbury "Language, like terrorism, targets civilians and generates fear to effect political change." -- "Collateral Language" John Collins and Ross Glover ed.
