Re: [ilugd] [Very-old-topic] Distro having best compatibility with MS related products
snipped So, below are some of the things that are done in the office in a regular office. ~Connect to Windows Terminal Server for remote operations tsclient works well for Microsoft RDP. ~Mail Exchanging (Mail server is MS Exchange) and all other clients are Outlook evolution with evolution-exchange ~Intranet website has issues with Firefox(Well, honestly doesn't work on anything other then IE) hmm, you are out of luck here. ~Extensive work in Office Suite, full compatibility with MS Office is a high priority. openoffice works good, if not fully compatible. If you are looking for commercial support see http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/features/ooo.html And some more which I may not be able to recall right now. So, could you please recommend the best distro which is best for peaceful co-existence in a M$ dominated environment. Just finished migrating about 150 desktop from M$ to openSUSE. Users simply loved it and feels comfortable. Few powerusers of MS-Office are not comfortable with openoffice but rest have no issues at all. In my opinion openSUSE should be given a try. openSUSE 11.0 with KDE 3.5 is recommended.My recommendation is based on practical testing of Fedora 10, Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 and openSUSE 11.0 and 11.1 for a average office user.-- amit Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [Very-old-topic] Distro having best compatibility with MS related products
On Friday 16 Jan 2009, Smruti wrote: [snip] So, below are some of the things that are done in the office in a regular office. ~Connect to Windows Terminal Server for remote operations ~Mail Exchanging (Mail server is MS Exchange) and all other clients are Outlook ~Intranet website has issues with Firefox(Well, honestly doesn't work on anything other then IE) My strong recommendation would be to not switch to Linux. ~Extensive work in Office Suite, full compatibility with MS Office is a high priority. Again, you're out of luck here. Fonts get mangled, layouts change and with the new docx format, tables vanish. And some more which I may not be able to recall right now. So, could you please recommend the best distro which is best for peaceful co-existence in a M$ dominated environment. If you move your manager to Linux, and she doesn't like it or can't use it fully, then you've not converted one user, you've alienated a whole office. Most of the people I've seen who get pushed into Linux and then get frustrated with it end up becoming Linux haters, mostly vocal and fanatical Linux haters. Since it's quite clear from your mail that full compatibility is required, and cannot be achieved, I'd recommend waiting for a while until you do have powerful enough tools on Linux to let your manager handle her day-to-day work and then converting her. As for distributions, with KDE and Gnome there's very little to choose between them. I personally prefer Debian on both desktops (with KDE) and servers because of its stability, but the choice is open. Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathurr...@kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [Very-old-topic] Distro having best compati bility with MS related products
Smruti smrutiman...@... writes: Finally I managed to convince one of my managers to try Linux. She will probably start with a dual-boot setup. Now comes the time for the old questions. Which Distro to recommend. But this time the biggest criteria is compatibility. [snip requirements list] Good thing you gave a fairly thorough idea about what was needed. It looks like the lock-in is pretty strong with your outfit. yodaStrong, the dark side of the source with you is./yoda I would suggest you don't try it - it really sounds like the expectations of backwards compatibility are too high. I would suggest that you bring in linux for new stuff which doesn't have this backward compatiblity requirement. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] dimdim anyone?
Pretty good is what I would comment. A good and tough open source competitor to Webex I must say. I have tried doing conference with DIM DIM with quite a few of my friends and everybody is impressed (including ardent fans of Webex).Though webex boasts of its superior network and service uptime i never found problem with DIM DIM network. The maximum number of participants being 20 in a web conference for the community edition. But experience on similar products tells me that 6 or 8 people in a web conference are more than enough else it becomes more like a crowd. I have plans to integrate DIM DIM with asterisk and jabber and create some more magic. If anyone has attempted anything similar please share your experiences. I also wonder how many enterprises are using DIM DIM coz many are already using Jabber for instant messaging. Niyam I went through your blog post on improving spoken and written english. Thank you for the same.I am trying to follow some of the suggestions however i may take time to achieve perfection. Regards Dhiraj Gaur On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 5:07 AM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: dimdim is a sophisticated web-conferencing solution, under gpl, but also under various other licenses: http://www.dimdim.com/opensource/dimdim_gpl.html looks like it's geared to take on webex, adobe, and everybody else in the web-conf arena. what's your experience with dimdim? the 'about us' page reveals a whole bunch of indian-origin people: http://www.dimdim.com/aboutus/dimdim_managementteam.html i remember andrew mentioning dimdim several months ago. -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] Samba, AD and Windows clients
Hi, Is it possible to completely replace the active directory and primary and secondary domain controllers in a Winduhs network with one or more Linux boxes? Excuse my vast ignorance of Winduhs, but do you need both a PDC and AD, or are they mutually exclusive? How about encryption and stuff? And integration with OpenLDAP? Pointers, references welcome. Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathurr...@kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] dimdim anyone?
Thanks Dhiraj, on sharing your experiences with dimdim. The tip on managing better with around six people is good. I think will try it soon for outstation foss-conferences and events to which i can't travel. The ability to share my desktop and to whiteboard, makes software hands-on seminars and demoes feasible. regards n -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Samba, AD and Windows clients
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Raj Mathur r...@linux-delhi.org wrote: Hi, Is it possible to completely replace the active directory and primary and secondary domain controllers in a Winduhs network with one or more Linux boxes? Excuse my vast ignorance of Winduhs, but do you need both a PDC and AD, or are they mutually exclusive? How about encryption and stuff? And integration with OpenLDAP? Pointers, references welcome. Regards, -- Raju Siju George (Hifx IT and Media Services Private Limited, Cochin, http://www.hifx.net) has implemented Samba based PDCs. Their network consists of Microsoft Windows, GNU/linux and BSD boxes. Hifx also sells Samba based Domain controller solutions. Siju would be the best person to guide you on this. I can pass you his contact email address and phone number off list. As far as I know once you configure Samba as a PDC, you don't need any AD server. I am not sure on the encryption part. Integration with OpenLDAP is certainly possible. Regards, -- Vivek Varghese Cherian Website : http://vivekvc.freeshell.org Blog: http://vivekvc.wordpress.com IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint: 0F53 447E A8D1 C4F7 C14E F117 A040 E935 7DFA D159 ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
