Actually, there is almost no difference between a white box and any name brand in terms of roll out and support *if* the white box is quality and *if* the server is configured right. For example, a Novell (either Netware or Linux kernel) server with Zenworks; plug in a blank workstation to the network, turn it on and wait for the ding. The OS, the applications and the user is setup for you. This includes and the registry hacks to give them your company's look and feel.
Bob C. On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 13:29 -0800, Michael Miller wrote: > I think white box is fine for non-business. Unless you have lots of > money and staff to deal with all the support issues that could arise. > If you have your OS role out down like Google. It's easy, you just > power on the new machine. Let it load up the fresh OS and patches, if > there is any ( 15 minutes to 30 minutes max ). Then all the data gets > re-allocated though your distributed file system. > > -Miller > > On 2/26/07, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > silver wrote: > > > > > If Dell offered I would buy a desktop PC with Ubuntu or Fedora (or > > > similar) > > > pre-installed. Or even if not preinstalled, but at least "certified" for > > > one > > > of these distributions. > > > > > > If not "certified" then what's the point? Instead just build a whitebox > > > with > > > quality components. > > > > > > I don't want a desktop PC certified for SUSE Linux or anything else with > > > Novell's name on it. > > > > It's clear that Dell still doesn't quite "get it" with Linux. Maybe > > they'll figure it out, and maybe it doesn't matter. > > > > I'm still trying to find a scenario where I'd rather have a Dell than > > a white box, though. > > > > -- > > Bob Miller K<bob> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
