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Desktop Linux for small business review
Reviews As desktop Linux becomes ever more professional, and with Microsoft still a year away from shipping its new Vista version of Windows, could now be the time to go open-source on the desktop? We set ourselves the task of installing and configuring...
[November 24, 2005, 12:40]
Desktop Linux wins plaudits for stability
News A company that migrated from Microsoft Windows to Linux on the desktop has praised the open source operating system's stability. Customers that are running Linux on the desktop are amazed that it doesn't constantly crash," said Schmitzek.
[March 10, 2005, 16:50]
Linux: Ready for the Enterprise Desktop
White Papers This paper explores these and other challenges, and it sheds light on the new desktop operating system capabilities and management technologies that make Linux enterprise ready-today. Is Linux ready for enterprise desktops?
[September 29, 2005, 3:00]
Desktop Linux for small business
Talkback I have installed in Linux using the commands - once. I really want to dive into the Linux world, but determining which distro works for YOU is not easy. I trully prefer the Gnome desktop however. I'm presently running Xandros (dual boot with XP) on...
[November 29, 2005, 17:00]
Desktop Linux for small business
Talkback 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...
[November 26, 2005, 15:45]
Desktop Linux for small business
Talkback Ultimately, I'm just glad to hear people getting excited about Linux on the desktop and in the small business world, where it belongs! Glad to hear love for Xandros and Mepis, but Ubuntu works best for me.
[November 25, 2005, 23:13]
Desktop Linux for small business
Talkback Turned out to be a window problem thought so I guess I really did not need the reboot on the linux box. I use a smoothwall linux (a light distro that can be easily configured as a router, vpn ,firewall, and ips and you can easily configure dans...
[May 6, 2006, 16:51]
Desktop Linux for small business
Talkback http://www.webcenter.squarespace.com/linux-desktop-plus-search/ Linux is here in force for sure, distros like MEPIS and web applications are going to take users places where Microsoft could not take them, mostly for free too!
[December 26, 2005, 19:06]
Google launches Desktop for Linux
News Google was set to launch late on Wednesday a beta version of Google Desktop search for Linux, in a sign of encouragement by the search giant for Linux on the desktop. Google Desktop for Linux was written natively and uses Google's own desktop...
[June 28, 2007, 8:10]
New Linux desktop aims for government role
News KDE developers have released a new version of its desktop software for Linux and Unix operating systems, with a focus on encouraging the recent trend of Linux desktop adoption by businesses and governments.
[January 28, 2003, 16:29]
Sun 'on track' for Linux desktop push
News Sun Microsystems may be planning to drop its private-label version of Linux for servers, but the company is still on track with a Linux-based desktop system that should hit the market this summer, the company said.
[April 1, 2003, 16:04]
Desktop Linux wins plaudits for stability
Talkback Desktop Linux will never succeed until someone upgrades the Amateur Hour solitaire games, I'm sorry. Considering the high % of time spent on desktop systems running this app, I'd suggest it's a show-stopper.p
[March 19, 2005, 0:26]
Desktop Linux wins plaudits for stability
Talkback And all of your business apps are going to run on Linux? Also, many vendors are pushing Linux thin clients with expensive (and not open) hardware such as Sun Ray. Having the source code doesn't mean a thing when you have a five year lock-in under...
[March 10, 2005, 20:26]
Desktop Linux for small business
Talkback My experience with Mandriva (Mandrake) is that it is very reluctant to write to removable media. I managed once to burn a CD with Mandriva2006 but subsequent attempts failed. K3b occasionally announced that it had completed the burn but in every...
[November 25, 2005, 0:50]
Desktop Linux for small business
Talkback I've just bought a Sun server. Solaris lasted 20 minutes. We put the SMP 64 bit version of Ubuntu on it, installed th daemons we needed, and the thing flies. It's rock solid, reliable and extremely good value.
[December 3, 2005, 19:16]
Desktop Linux for small business
Talkback Have you not heard of the excellent MEPIS? This distro is absolutely superb. I've tried several distro's but returned to MEPIS every time.
[November 25, 2005, 9:57]
Desktop Linux for small business
Talkback If you are trying to decide which distribution provides the best business desktop I don't really understand why you would leave out Xandros in your comparison when they have been focused solely on the desktop since it began as Corel Linux.
[November 25, 2005, 6:32]
Desktop Linux for small business
Talkback Your reviewer should have taken another look at PCLinuxOS9.2 or 9.1. This distro runs rings around Ubuntu. The latest version 9.2 has a much better packaging system and it works right out of the box with not much tweaking.
[November 25, 2005, 3:51]
Desktop Linux for small business
Talkback Not to be picky, but it's Ubuntu 5.10, not Ubuntu 5.1. The versioning is in the format year.month. Reviews look better then the products they're reviewing are correctly named.
[November 24, 2005, 20:17]
Desktop Linux for small business
Talkback What about MEPIS? After trying most of the top ten, I keep coming back to MEPIS. Super fast install and always works.
[November 25, 2005, 2:38]
