-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This sounds like one of those cases where Linux with Mozilla and OpenOffice can do everything you need, but may not be the "best" choice: all the functionality is there, but you may get complaints from users because it's not what they're used to.
(For the sake of completeness: if your email is on an Exchange server, and you need more than just POP access, then Mozilla isn't enough, you'll need to throw in something like Evolution + Ximian Connector.) With that said, if I were setting up such an arrangement, I'd probably use Red Hat 8, but with KDE instead of the default Gnome. You'll find quite a few people here that would use other distributions, though, so take this for exactly what it's worth -- which is probably about what you paid for it :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Ryan Byrd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:08 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [uug] office replacement for Windows > > > Ok, lets the company I work for is going to open a new office. There > will be 5 cubicles in that new office. Each cube will have its own > computer and they will share a printer. The office is supplied with > a DSL connection. Each cube will need email, internet browsing, word > processing (.doc), spreadsheeting (excel sheets), and presentations > (powerpoint). (It is a non-technical division (human resources) of > the company.) > > As I do not use linux for my desktop, which of the available window > managers most closely replicates Microsoft Windows and is the most > stable? > > Which opensource program most closely replicates the Microsoft > Office Suite? > > 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? > > ideas? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 iQA/AwUBPm98XnNq1Kdl3W66EQKGGQCg8DxBbxGxHCzE3dmVkoYGuiiIId4AnAj0 3SaZ9UKIY/Gm7k1W9ufLiX31 =LuJ/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
