Hi, I've deployed FC1 and FC2 on 4 of our workstations in my previous employer (practically all since there are only 5 of us). The setup was:
1. a VERY OLD HP NetServer LS5/166 dual Pentium 166 processor with only 32MB of RAM (!!!) and 5 4GB SCSI HDs (4 are software RAID1 under Linux) acts as the NFS server providing roaming home directories (one can log in on any PC and his/her homedir automatically is mounted and made available); it also provides OpenLDAP-based authentication for centralized logins; it also acts as a local up2date server 2. a Pentium II machine with 20GB HD and 128MB RAM is installed with IPCOP 1.3 to serve as transparent proxy, firewall, IDS, router, NAT gateway and VPN concentrator 3. each workstation is an AMD Athlon, has 256 MB RAM and 40GB HD (lots of mp3s and videos to store hehehehe); all apps are installed locally and only the homedir is NFS-mounted 4. all devices are connected via a 10/100 switch (hub was used initially but writing speeds sucked!); file access is very good with even 3 users playing an mp3 from their homedirs while simultaneously surfing and encoding data into OOo's Calc or Writer The only problem we encountered was with FC1 on the workstations. Gnome would hang if we didn't use the ALSA drivers for the soundcard (which isn't the default so you can imagine logging into Gnome the first time and the PC freezes as soon as you try to log out -- quite annoying). All apps were Linux-based -- OpenOffice.org's Calc (Excel), Writer (Word), xmms (winamp), Totem (MediaPlayer), Evolution (Outlook Express), Mozilla (IE) and GNU PG (PGP). A word of caution: my colleagues are adventurous, IT-literate and picks up new things quite easily so my transition from Windows 2000/Word/Excel/Outlook Express/IE was easy. Be prepared to do extensive tutorials if yours aren't. IMHO, if your company is supportive of the idea of Linux, transition your users slowly - replace IE first with Firefox or Mozilla, then wean them off of Word and Excel and on to OpenOffice, then get them off of Outlook. Once they're comfortable with those alternatives, then transition them to Linux. Don't do everything at once coz that'll confuse them and they'll resist. HTH, Marlon Yu On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:21:44 +0000 (GMT), Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm toying around the possibility of deploying linux > in some of the desktops where I work. Just want to > know if there're companies out there who have done so. > Hope to learn from your experiences. > > TTFN. > > --- mike t. > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
