On the "Linux in the News" front, Linux has been doing well in the past few days...
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/03/red-hat/all/1 http://news.techeye.net/software/munich-saves-a-fortune-switching-to-linux ---- There are still some fairly basic hurdles that Linux needs to get over in order to make it in Enterprise/Schools: 1. Centralized management improvements: My boss wants everything to be point-and-click, so no CLI options would work here. If it can't be done in a GUI, she won't go for it... because what if I leave and nobody else knows how to fix things? And how do you deploy a printer to a lab? What about updating Firefox in an entire school? Thus far, Webmin might be the best current solution to this problem, but I can't webmin 20 computers at the same time as far as I know. 2. Network home folders: Everybody loves that their documents are automatically saved to the server... and we like not having to backup 1000+ desktops. Getting this to work in Linux is no cakewalk. Just getting Linux to login using a network LDAP server is difficult (Redhat's 'authconfig' utility is an exception, but still no network home folders). I wish I had the brain power and time to do these things, as I would try to fix these seemingly basic problems. Alas, I do not. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:56:13 -0700 Subject: RE: Sophisticated Phising attempt? > Linux might look better, but is it, when you end up having a new set of > problems to deal with? I am not knocking Linux ( working with Knoppix > and Debian right now, and going to be doing a security review on some > new Red Hat systems soon) > > Z > > Edward Ziots > CISSP, Security +, Network + > Security Engineer > Lifespan Organization > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:53 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Sophisticated Phising attempt? > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> > wrote: > > [2]I just blame them for investigating. > > More and more companies are treating their customers as criminals. > > Linux is looking better and better all the time. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
