I'd recommend against "showing off linux" unless you really know how todo all this yourself. You may end up just giving everyone a bitter taste in their mouth about linux if everything doesn't work right off the bat. When introducing something new, it needs to be obviously better, not just "working" after many days of tweeking.
Tommy Eaton wrote: > Hi, one of our computers recently came with XP HOME installed... useless > on our network... So, I figure this is a good opportunity to show off > some Linux. Problem is I have no idea where to start. I would simply > be installing it on one workstation so this is a fairly small (?) > project. I will need the workstation to be able to access windows > shares from an NT 40 server, work on Office docs, surf the web, run > proprietary software, and receive email from a Microsoft Post Office or > Exchange 5.5 server. Is this possible? I figure OO or SO might work for > the Office apps, but I'm not sure beyond that... Any help would be > appreciated! > > > -- Bryan Whitehead SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology Phone: 818 354 2903 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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