On 8/26/06, Hieromonk Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our new LTSP server is supposed to arrive next week, and we have been > presented with an opportunity to install Windows Server 2003 on it, with all > the licensing and everything legal, for free. > > I have almost no experience at all with Windows Server 2003, so a few quick > questions come to mind: > > 1. What antivirus software do any of you recommend? > > 2. Does sound work well on the workstations with the following applications > on Windows 2003 Server? > Skype? > Apple Quicktime? > RealPlayer? > Windows Media Player? > Flash sites? > > 3. Do USB scanners work on the workstations without a lot of hassle setting > them up? Is it straight-forward setting them up? > > 4. Do webcams work on the workstations without a lot of hassle, and is it > straight-forward setting them up? > > 5. How well does it run compared to Linux? In general, is 2003 Server > problematic, or would I be better off sticking with Linux? > > 6. Is the users familiarity with Windows, as opposed to having to reorient > themselves to Linux, enough to warrant using 2003 Server? > > I have no great love for Microsoft, or Windows. Regardless of whether we > put Linux or Windows 2003 Server on it, I have to modify two of our database > programs to run on it; and it is about the same amount of work either way. > I have no career goals, either, so there is no foreseeable benefit or > incentive for me to learn a new operating system unless it will improve our > mission effectiveness / user efficiency, or make my life easier in the long > run. > > Any advice, folks? I'd appreciate any advice or information any of you have > to offer. > > With very kind regards, > > Peter, hieromonk > > ---- > Dormition Skete > Our Monastery Website: http://www.DormitionSkete.org > Our Catechetical Website: http://www.TrueOrthodoxy.Info > ----
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