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Sean Spencer wrote:
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<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi
all,</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"></span> </div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">I'm
currently thinking of installing Linux on my work laptop, to see
exactly how productive I could be as a sys admin (of a Windows
Environment! - brave I know).</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"></span> </div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">Why
on earth ??..... you may ask. Well, I spend approx 10 hours each day
(mon-fri) working mainly at my laptop. I want to futher extend my
knowledge of linux, and feel for me, that this may well be a good way
for me to accelerate my learning. Don't get me wrong; if I get really
stuck, I have a Windows desktop next to me too !</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"></span> </div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">So,
for the main I need to be able to do the following from the Linux
install.</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"></span> </div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">1)
Log onto a domain (currently STILL an NT domain, but soon to be
migrated to Active Directory)</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">2)
Control Servers\Workstations (I know already I can do this via RDesktop)</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">3)
E-Mail (No problems there)</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">4)
Occasional manipulation of images</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">5)
Occasional web development (mainly changing/updating pages)</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">6)
Access MS SQL Server ? (i.e. is there some kind of query tool available
I can throw SQL queries at the server from the laptop?)</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">7)
Office suite compatible with MS Office</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">8)
Create PDF files occasionally</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">9)
Print to network printers</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"></span> </div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">That's
the 'main' stuff. No doubt there is other bits, but thats the majority.</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"></span> </div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">Apart
from thinking I'm crazy, any more thoughts ? :P</font></span></div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"></span> </div>
<div><span class="856540721-14082005"><font face="Arial" size="2">Sean.</font></span></div>
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1) Samba should allow pretty much total windows functionality, could
probably even authenticate against Windows for local login via PAM. AD
interaction should work fine although the config files look horrendous,
but there are plenty of examples on the web.<br>
4) GIMP for non-vector formats, no recommedations for vector images
types but there are plenty about.<br>
5) Vi<br>
6) Can be queried via php with various layers in between<br>
7) Openoffice is pretty good for basic stuff<br>
8) Lots of *2pdf converters and quite a few GUI editors have an "export
to pdf" option<br>
9) No problem via samba + CUPS<br>
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With google and a fair bit of time it should be fun<br>
<br>
James<br>
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