Dear Sudhir, Thanks for the friendly suggesation, I will try to follow them. Actually I have a large number of clients, transforming them instantly is a great risk, thus I am looking for the expert comments or some body who have used them.
Regards Arun Date sent: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 23:03:47 +0530 From: Sudhir Gandotra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Netshooter - OpenLX - Humanist To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIH] Linux for desktop ?? > "Linux for desktop" - That, in my opinion, is going to be one of the > hottest things to happen in next 6 to 12 months. That %^&$#@ (cannot > even call it an OS) is going to be literally thrown out of windows and > linux will be on the desktop with a bang. > I would suggest some steps: > 1. Stop having doubts about Linux; > 2. Get hold of an distro from another user or the nearest LUG (which > will also have users - like this mailing list - to help you in teething > troubles; > 3. Install Linux and Open-Office on 1 machine; > 4. Use this machine for : a). Word processing, b). Work-sheets, c). > Presentations (what you might be doing on the office suite), d). Browse > the net (there are more than one browsers), e) E-mail, f) Yahoo (or > similar) Messenger g) Chat and whatever else you do on the net, h) > Listen to music and see your VCDs, i) do your programming in C or any > other toold, including real visual tools................ there is plenty > more that you can do, but this should be more than good to start with; > > Do this for few days and you will never want to go back to the current > softwares; > > If you cannot get hold of the distro and OpenOffice nearer to you, send > me your postal address and I will mail the CDs to you from Delhi. > > I can assure you from my experience that you will never regret following > this friendly advice. > > Arun Shrimali wrote: > > > > >From this mail list only, I came to know about the work has been > > done for Desktop Linux. I am fascinated to the results, they would > > really change the trends in desktop OSs. Though I have not > > experience any one of them yet. > > > > Can any Linux expert comment on elx Linux and Redmond Linux > > about Their stability and reliability ?? Is they are mature enough to > > made transformation in our organisation at mass level ?? Or we > > have to wait a bit long ?? What version of linux they are based on > > or they are developed independently ?? Does, we would be able to > > load windows based programme on them (as Lindows Clames) ?? > > > > Expert comments and suggestions guide me a lot. > > > > Regards > > > > Arun > > -- > Treat others as you would have them Treat You! > With best wishes of Peace, Force & Joy! Transform lives: > http://humanistmovement.org > Sudhir Gandotra, Internet Consultants: http://openlx.com > Create your Network and Earn http://netnget.com _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
