Seidl (I hope that it is the right way of addressing you*): My comments in line, and therefore, this is top posted.
(*) : I am Indian, and am not sure if I am addressing you by the right name. My apologies if I am not....Also, (sorry, off topic), could you help me to pronounce your name ?(send me mail off the list) Pradeep. On Saturday 21 Apr 2007, WJ Seidl wrote (regarding [users] Linux migration with OOo- question from a rank newbie-LONG): > Well, time for another question. <<Snipped Long Intro>> > Will OOo work with all of these distributions? (I'm assuming yes?) Or is > each version proprietary to it's type (RedHat, Debian, Mandrake, SuSE?) I have got OOo to work with Fedora Core 5, Ubuntu, SuSE. The download from OO.o Site should help you choose the right distribution package for you. > Will I need to reinstall and reconfigure everything once I make the > change over to a Linux based OS, or is there some way I can back up what > I have spent the last three days doing, and just transfer it over once I > nuke and pave the drives on these desktops? (I know that there is a > different version of OO for Linux than for Windows, but would there be > directories, files or profiles that I could transfer, and ease the > migration?) We're on a wired/wireless network, if that matters. All > machines will be migrating. Hmmm...No first hand experience on this question. However, intuition tells me that it may not be quite so easy to copy user profile and/or preferences between MSWindows and *NIX. Any other list member, if you have a (supportive/contradictory) view to mine, please value add to Seidl's and my knowledge.... > > If you prefer one to the other (distro), would you be so kind as to tell > me why, or which might work better? Like I said, we've been with I'd rather not give my own preferences....there is a saying in an Indian language - if one has to marry, one better choose his mate himself (well, loosely translated!!). If you need to maintain the systems, then, I'd rather you install at least a few of the distros and choose what you like best *for your type of work* > (What a way to spend a vacation!) Yep, that feeling is familiar to me.....after 23 years in the support field.... -- Pradeep Srinivas Bangalore, India --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
