My suggestion is a Ximian desktop, it has an oulook clone and is very smooth and easy to use. It runs on Redhat and Debian. and other distros. Debian is a distro worth looking into as well as it updates fro free where as redhat you pay for auto updating etc.
(And before anyone starts a Gentoo diatribe .... it is too hard for most schools and businesses to support internally or install themselves .... sorry but that is a fact of life right now.) Open Office will give you MS Office functionality including Excel, Word, Powerpoint and an HTML gui editor ( but not in the league of FrontPage.) It also lets you read and write office files so you stay compatible with the rest of everyone out there. GIMP for graphics, as good as Photoshop or similar. Publisher .... harder to replace exactly but the open office version of power point will let you do layouts etc and them you publish as you like. Also Kontour , which is corel like will help with that side of things. Corel - also hard to replace but they may have a linux version. Kontour is corel like and Kivio is the visio replacement. Kugar will allow you to define data sources etc ... similar to MS Query. You can get a Cd that boots from the CD player and means you don't have to load it onto a system to demonstrate. It is called Knoppix and is downloadable. I would be happy to post / courier one up to you if downloading is an issue. I am an ex teacher and supply and support schools with their hardware needs and working through problems. I would be happy to help you work through these issues if you want some guidence or help. HTH, Shane On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 19:46, you wrote: > Folks, > With all the MS problems/virus as well as Exchange problems I have been > having, I am keen to try a Linux option at our high school. > I have RH 9 Web server that performs great, no downtime. > I have spoken with our board chair who is also on my side. > > > For workstations and server what OS and Apps should I use? > We need 'Office', 'Corel', 'Internet', 'E-mail', 'Publisher'. > > I want to put a small network together to show the staff. > > Any suggestions would be great. > > Cheers > > Terry Cole > Rotorua, New Zealand > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cole.gen.nz > http://www.websnz.com -- Shane Hollis Notes Unlimited New Zealand Ph: 021 465 547 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
