Quoting Michael Ryan Byrd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In your opinion, would it be wise for me to recommend buying OS-less PCs > for the new office and setting up linux on all of them? Could non-technical > people cope with not having Windows?
I've had mixed results from this sort of thing. On one hand, some of these people may be sick of windows and want to try something else. On the other hand, they my see no reason to switch. Then you have the crazy Bill clones that think FUD is all true. What I do see that makes people listen is how much money they will save. 5 computers with Windows X-tra P-aint + office products = $1000's of dollars. Right now, that may speak volumes. My brother-in-law was installing a Linux file server for my father-in-law's company to replace the one running windows. One of the employees started bashing Linus and Linux. He looked at him and said that this may take a bit more time to set up, but it will save the company 500 bucks a month. Shut him right up. Also, Open Office is not perfect with .doc files, while most of the time it's just fine, in a few cases I have had to find a computer with M$ Office on it. I guess it depends on how the resumes are submitted. Some companies just have you cut and paste on-line and it ruins all your hard work with formating. :) My personal recommendation would be Mandrake using KDE. I find the user config tools in Mandrake better than Red Hat's (although, I have found RH is better with hardware, wish I could have the best of both worlds). Plus if you want to run KDE, you may want to go with a distro that doesn't make the KDE developer so upset that he quits. On the other hand, you may want to go with a distro that will be around next week. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
