On Tue, 28 May 2002 19:25:35 -0400 (EDT), "Julius Szelagiewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> John,
> the company i'm working for is not exactly what you are looking
> for, but it is pretty darn close. 9 locations, not 10, wholesale, not
> finance, and not switched but in the process of switching. it is somewhat
> painfull - the worst part is mozilla / netscape / opera / galeon. they all
> look rather sucky compared to windoze run netscape / ie. everything else
> would be really easy if it wasn't for the fact that windoze boxes beacame
> status symbols. it is all my own fault - i jumped the gun with thinknics
> running off cd - not ready for prime-time. my budget, being what it is,
> allows me to explain to people why they don't get to run win xp: "if you
> think you really have to have it, buy a laptop for wich there will be no
> reinbursment, and we will allow you to use it on corporate network."
> needless to say, i get to deal with xp laptops - should have been a
> salesman. ltsp (especially nicely packaged by k12os people) is great, and
> the smart users are beginning to recognize it. i give them better
> monitors, too. julius
Wait- GALEON looks crappy? Are you using the latest version? Sure, it's not a
Netscape 6, but isn't that a good thing? :) Amd there are a number of tools that
makes life easier since the days of the LTSP 2.0 days.
Apt: Yep, apt is now available for Redhat/Mandrake and others. It's very easy to
set up your own repository inside your organization and and you get the world-class
RPM installation wisdom that has kept Debian users happy for a long time. EVEN BEFORE
THE DOWNLOADS BEGIN, apt already knows what can, and cannot, be installed. And, it
knows how to fix odd problems in RPM installs. THIS IS THE TICKET OUTTA DEPENDENCY
HELL. I can't overstate how wonderful this tool is. See http://www.freshrpms.net.
GTK Switcher: this little tool is a redux of the Sawfish/etc gtk theme changer.
I'm not cheerleading this tool specifically, but the use of GTK themese to pep up the
desktop. The themes from themes.org are now living on Freshmeat.net, and many of them
are fantastic.
"Deuglification HOWTO". Get over to Google.com and search for this. It tells you
how to clean up those fonts, and get all your screens slick and happy for the users.
It's very complete, and very effective.
Is this internet reachable? Maybe I could help out...
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