[Gllug] Windows -> Linux

[John Hearns]

On Thu, 2001-12-06 at 09:23, Daniel Fairs wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone had any experience on migrating Windows desktops
> to Linux. Our company is looking at reducing software licensing costs, and
> moving to Linux is the obvious answer.
> 
Yaaay! Just the sort of thing we like to hear,
and WE'RE ALL GOING TO HELP OUT AREN'T WE.
With no flame wars please!



> 
> Fortunately we don't run an Exchange mail server (phew).
> 
> Does anyone have any experience of overseeing this sort of thing? Any
> hints/tips/gotchas? Distro recommendations? (I'd probably use RedHat, simply
> because it's the one I'm most familiar with, though I was very happy with
> SuSE in the 6.2 days.)
> 
I'd advise right off that you get the Ximian/Gnome desktop.
You can do a web download, or just spend a few pounds on the CD
http://www.ximian.com



Plus StarOffice - again web download.
Or Abiword for word processing, Gnumeric for spreadsheets etc.
 

> The workstations are all pretty old - P2 266 machines, with 64MB RAM, though
> I can probably swing an upgrade on the memory front for each of them.
> 
Ah.
The 64 megs might be a little small for Ximian/Gnome.
And load on StarOffice at the same time and you'll run mighty low on
RAM.
But it won't hurt to have a quick trial.

The floor is open for suggestions for more lightweight window managers
and office-type applications.


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