3 RH training points you should have to worry about,

1. E-Mail Client (Evolution) its not that bad really I have done it with
over a 100 users already

2. Web Browser (Netscape 7 or Mozilla 1.0) this is the BIGGEST issue you
will encounter, you will probably want Net. 7 since it comes default w/
Flash and Java plugings (It is a pain to install these by hand on every
desktop) and your users will bitch and mon for a while, but HONESTLY ITS A
DAMNED WEB BROWSER - WHAT TRAINING SHOULD THERE BE.

3. Terminal, if you are running a terminal application such as MAS90 -
gnome-terminal will be your biggest issue, it has NO PRINT SCREEN
functionaility as yet.  It also doesn't support switching terminal types,
sooon it will do both actually about 3 months and I am hopping to get
the upgrades stuck in w/ 8.1 or whatever.

If you have any question about converting I can give you some insight
into what I have encountered w/ my users.

Thanks,
Dave Durst

> It is more than the "masses." We have over 850 users on-line here in our
> company and the re-training costs shifting to a linux desktop are very
> large. In this way,  RedHat *is* moving in the right direction by trying
> to give us a desktop which  will require minimal re-training for
> companies like ours. Redhat 8.0 is a glimmer  (maybe more than a
> glimmer) of what a "Windows" killer might be, but it isn't there,  yet.
>
> We have a business to run, and we want our technology to support the
> operation of the business, do it securely, and to be as *invisible* as
> possible. Currently, like  it or not, Windows is still a good choice,
> but it is getting too expensive and too  resource hungry especially in
> the time it takes to manage the desktops. But if RedHat continues to
> provide focus and resources to the desktop Windows is in big trouble
> over the long run.
>
> Charles Johnson
> Manager, IS Applications
> Phone: 463-6527
> Fax: 463-6503
> Help Desk: 463-6516
>
> Remember the heroes of UAL Flight 93
>
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, November 20, 2002 5:57:33 PM >>>
> On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 17:57, Keith Winston wrote:
>
> [...edited for brevity...]
>
> Linux is better, but the masses want ease of use, and they want their
> proprietary formats and their DVDs.  Red Hat Linux in its current form
> is not for them.
>
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