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Story: Desktop Linux for small business
Posted by: Brian Cummings (Saturday 26 November 2005, 4:45 PM)
Why don't you all just chill out? I've tried many distros, and when it comes down to it, that flashy install doesn't do anything for the user - Windows has a perfectly flashy install, but we're all scrambling towards linux- ubuntu has a simple install that, although text, is concise and easy to maneuver -with the exception of partition maintenance (something that i hope will be addressed soon) - and once installed, is one of the simplest to manage. It comes with all that the average business user needs, and if installed while connected to the net, allows simple installation of other necessary tools. Of course "your" linux distro might be a little bit better at one thing or another, and i'm not even going to say a word about "ease of ms office install" because it's superfluous. we're talking LINUX here people! for most business desktop use, I'd say that Ubuntu is the best, because I know. I call it "your mother's linux distro" because it is easy and comes with most if not all of what's necessary for general business use.
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Story: Desktop Linux for small business
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Ubuntu Linux is complex to install if we compare t... Anonymous
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My experience with Mandriva (Mandrake) is tha... Anonymous
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XANDROS IS THE NAME WHERE LINUX... Bubi
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Had no problems on install on old Pentium 2 2... isothirsty
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Not to be picky, but it's Ubuntu 5.10, not Ubuntu... Bnonn Tennant
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Ok, so how can you even say that SUSE isn't free o... Ross Brunson
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I notice you completely stepped around Xandro... Darin MacLachlan
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ubuntu!! come off it. u are better off with Xandro... Anonymous
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CentOS is an OS that is rebuilt from the
publicly... Johnny Hughes
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What about MEPIS???? After trying most of the top... xetaprime
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Your reviewer should have taken another look at PC... Anonymous
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If you are trying to decide which distribution pro... John Yorke
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Have you not heard of the excellent MEPIS? This d... Laurence Taylor
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Ubuntu is just walking a great moment,even the top... emanuele
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It would be nice to have included wireless in the... Anonymous
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It is good to hear Ubuntu getting the credit it is... Anonymous
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Mepis is worth considering for small business. I c... Saddletramp
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The post saying Ubuntu or Kubuntu "just work" isn'... MepisFan
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Xandros is far and away the hands-down winner in t... Oscar Jones
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Mepis is indeed a great distro. Very clean fa... Vlekkie
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Our small business has used Xandros as our default... Wayne Ostrowercha
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Glad to hear love for Xandros and Mepis, but Ubunt... Scott O. Clamp
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This could have been a very useful comparative rev... Syd Hancock
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Why don't you all just chill out? I've tried... Brian Cummings -
Linux users are largely miscreants. The thing tha... Bob G
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I've used a number of Linux distros ever sinc... James J
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Ubuntu is a very good distribution, I think its fu... Zyo
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It really is wonderful to hear such banter. The tr... Linux User
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I run a small business so maybe its easier for me... michael piasecki
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If you look at distro watch the top five distros a... Anonymous
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Ubuntu is the winner?? Yes, the desktop looks nice... coward
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"you will need an internet connection to down... Anonymous
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Mandriva 2006 le is shite, kubuntu/ubuntu 5.10 and... Anonymous
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My write in canidates are: 1) Mepis 2) Kanotix 3)... Mike Larson
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Started with Linux almost a year ago. Went from Su... mvephoto
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Ubuntu Cons : "default colour scheme is brown"
Not... Blue Hater
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I'm curently running Red hat Linux (dual boot) wit... Anonymous
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I'm a Linux Fresher. I didn't know what to go for... Graham Murfitt
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I've looked at just about every free Linux di... Marcus Crofutt-USA
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I'm a Linux Fresher. I didn't know what to go for... Graham Murfitt
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I've just bought a Sun server. Solaris lasted 20 m... Anonymous
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Linux is here in force for sure, distros like MEPI... Anthony Cea
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What a supurb review! Thank, thank you for taking... windoze user
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I have installed and used about everything on dist... Ely Conroy Sr. II
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