1st day with out using Windows. Wow linux has come along ways from the days of old.

Line Noise

Line Noise

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Damn lost another one to linux.
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Spent the last week trying out diffrent distro's. Finally settled on Suse Enterprise Desktop. Ubuntu was my 2nd choice; I really like the tweaks Novell made to Gnome on Sled..

Anyways, I'm a typically systems admin. I've been too busy for the last couple of years to try linux again; when I tried last time it was good, just not ready to replace windows. Well after previewing Vista and seeing what a pile of crap it is, Aero is utterly worthless for the high price of getting access to it and then the hardware to run it. I decided to check and see what the options are. I’m amazed at how far linux has come along.

In fact after playing with it. I decided it was time to dump XP all together. Installed SUSE 10.1 last night on the work machine and tweaked it to my liking today. I figured if I did need to run some windows crap (errr app) I would do so inside Vm Workstation on linux. I’m happy to report I never once fired up that VM.

So now I’m starting my home machine… Good bye Windows.
 
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You won't regret it. It's really stable and makes the most out of your system. The other cool thing is when you switch screens, the whole screen rotates like a cube. It's only supported by certain video cards though.

Plus, you can do some Windows things on SLED. I can't tell you specifically what because I only use the Novell functions.
 
Linux has definitely come a long way on the Desktop side over the last few years, but it is still no where even close to solid as Windows. And this statement is coming from a partisan UNIX prick.
 
GeosRide said:
You won't regret it. It's really stable and makes the most out of your system. The other cool thing is when you switch screens, the whole screen rotates like a cube. It's only supported by certain video cards though.

Plus, you can do some Windows things on SLED. I can't tell you specifically what because I only use the Novell functions.
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I understand the 1st things I installed where; Groupwise Client, Novell Client (What no LDAP Contetless login?) and Consoleone.

as for XGL (I think thats whats it's called) teh 3D desktop enhancements. My geforce card handles them (thanks novell for actual licensed Nvida drivers) but my intel (on board ) doesn't and I dual head. so I'm skipping them for now.
 
mdhmi said:
Linux has definitely come a long way on the Desktop side over the last few years, but it is still no where even close to solid as Windows. And this statement is coming from a partisan UNIX prick.
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I'm waiting for Sled to prove you wrong. So far nothing has been a pain/issue. Oh wait I did have one web site that wouldn't open (our helpdesk app Magic ) under firefox until I used the user agent switch extension :D
 
At work I run a ubuntu system right next to a windows system. Sadly you will see me on the windows system but you can't beat free...
 
Line Noise said:
I'm waiting for Sled to prove you wrong. So far nothing has been a pain/issue. Oh wait I did have one web site that wouldn't open (our helpdesk app Magic ) under firefox until I used the user agent switch extension :D
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Magic you say? One of my previous jobs I worked for used that. DMB&B in NYC. I hated that thing with a passion.
 
Also, both of my SLED installations have been nothing but solid. They both work like champs, and no blue screens of death.
 
No, we are speaking Finnish. :)

BTW Line Noise, try Gnu Image Manipulation Program. It's similar to Photoshop, but it's free.
 
Line Noise said:
I'm waiting for Sled to prove you wrong.
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Good luck. I've followed Linux since the beginning and can remember attending Linux Expo ten years ago where people were acting like Linux had finally arrived on the desktop.

Even my inner circle of *NIX friends (some who contribute at the code level) will privately admit that Windows is far superior on the Desktop platform. Things just work. Every device you buy has a driver for Windows, etc.

Don't get me wrong, I do all my personal and corporate hosting on Ubuntu and CentOS boxes and do Solaris and AIX by trade, but there is really no argument among the intellectually honest that Windows is a superior desktop platform.

Believe me, I hate Microsoft as much as anyone, but you have to give them credit where it's due.

Cheers,

Mark
 
I'll praise Microsoft until the day it stops putting money in the bank. It might not be 'free' and curtail to every solution but they have come a long way in a short period of time.

Since the release of 2000 Server/Workstation and the after improvements of 2003/XP...i'll swing from them all day long.

;)
 
8URZ0H6 said:
I'll praise Microsoft until the day it stops putting money in the bank. It might not be 'free' and curtail to every solution but they have come a long way in a short period of time.

Since the release of 2000 Server/Workstation and the after improvements of 2003/XP...i'll swing from them all day long.

;)
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2000 / Xp are great desktops. However Vista is on the horizon and it's horrible. to me it's "Windows Xp ME" It will take atleast 2 service packs to get it any where near prime time, add in it's cost / hardware requirments and it's not going to be on my desktops for a long time.
 
mdhmi said:
Good luck. I've followed Linux since the beginning and can remember attending Linux Expo ten years ago where people were acting like Linux had finally arrived on the desktop.

Even my inner circle of *NIX friends (some who contribute at the code level) will privately admit that Windows is far superior on the Desktop platform. Things just work. Every device you buy has a driver for Windows, etc.

Don't get me wrong, I do all my personal and corporate hosting on Ubuntu and CentOS boxes and do Solaris and AIX by trade, but there is really no argument among the intellectually honest that Windows is a superior desktop platform.

Believe me, I hate Microsoft as much as anyone, but you have to give them credit where it's due.

Cheers,

Mark
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We'll today was the 1st encounter with something i just know my users could never comprehend. I prefer VLC as my video player, so I started out with Yast (no go) manual install of the rpm's by hand nogo and finally smartt did it.

Of course my users shouldn't be installing programs themself.
 
I also had issues with video playback. -Way- easier in the Windows world, especially when you start getting into the more exotic codexs'.

For power users like us we can get by with anything, I just found Windows to be easier and more compatible everyone else.

For a small office type deal I think there is a lot to be said for *NIX thin clients.
 
mdhmi said:
I also had issues with video playback. -Way- easier in the Windows world, especially when you start getting into the more exotic codexs'.

For power users like us we can get by with anything, I just found Windows to be easier and more compatible everyone else.

For a small office type deal I think there is a lot to be said for *NIX thin clients.
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Actually one of my engineering tasked handed down today was to investigate moving to linux thin clients for our remote sites. Basically Boot them of a linux CD and they access everything via Citrix desktops.
 
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