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Alexandru Mincu ha scritto: |
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> First of all let's start with the clients... |
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> I am a Gnome fan and I think it is better and simpler to use, but them |
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> if you have windows users that you want to put to use linux, kde might |
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> be a better option... although this is a matter of taste I would accept |
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> some suggestions(without killing each other here), bu please take in |
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> consideration all the things i want to add. |
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> Things required: |
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> Email, |
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> Calendar sharing, |
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> IM, |
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> Office suite, |
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> other bullshit managers use to put you to work(suggestions accepted here) :) |
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> Web browsing, |
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> A content management system |
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You should be a bit more clear. |
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- What is the, let's say, noobness-level of users of the thin clients? |
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Will they be scared by anything not exactly Windows-like or not? |
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- What do you mean *exactly* for CMS? A web based CMS, for an internal |
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blog for example? Is this centralized or maintained by users? Do you |
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instead need something for mutual information sharing and deposit? (in |
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this case, I'd advice for a Wiki) Or it is something local, user |
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specific, to take notes etc.? (in that case, Tomboy or basKet could be |
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nice apps) |
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- Do you need connectivity with external Windows machines? MS Exchange |
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servers? |
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- Do you need to exchange data with MS Office users? |
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- IM is fully internal or need interoperability with external apps? |
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Which ones? Do you need VOIP? |
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Only thing I can directly advice you is Firefox for web browsing (best |
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support). For everything else, I don't know. A general advice could be |
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to keep as much as possible applications belonging to the same desktop. |
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I'm quite on the KDE side, and I think that Konqueror (the file |
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manager), K3b and Kopete are truly superior apps that may make the |
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difference in your case. |
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> I also think that some eye candy would be gr8 to have ... I tried both |
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> compiz and beryl, but none were stable for me... it's true i was using |
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> nvidia's beta driers but anyway. have any of you tried compiz or beryl? |
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> which one is really stable and ready to use for a company? Is the |
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> Xgl+(compiz|beryl) variant stable? I for one really liked beryl's |
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> features but it seems to be more unstable than compiz. |
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I think compiz and beryl, in their current state, make little sense for |
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such a corporate network. However I understand they can impress your |
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boss in letting him think (rightly so, even if for partially wrong |
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reasons) that you are installing a technically superior solution. |
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Well, it seems currently Beryl is the one gaining momentum. The recent |
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Wall plugin seems at the same time very useful and very visually |
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impressive. If you are sure about going that way, stick to *really* |
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useful plugins (basically the Exposè-like thing, I don't remember its |
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name, and the Wall). About stability, I can't say. |
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> Now for updates .. which profile do you think would better suit a |
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> company .. should I use hardend gentoo? Is there a version of gentoo |
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> that keeps things down with the upgrades to stable packages or I should |
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> keep my own tree and sync only the stuff I want and test into it? |
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I'd go for the second. Hardened gentoo could be an idea, but I truly |
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don't know what kind of problems it can have -personally I would put a |
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tight OpenBSD firewall between the server and the Internet. |
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In every case, having a test machine where checking *every* package |
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upgrade extensively should be a must. |
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