Baka nahihirapan lang sya mag administer, I think one of the better
alternatives is a commercial distro like Xandros which runs KDE and is
very windows - like.
the deluxe edition or the premium edition (not sure) ships with
codeweavers, which easily installs M$-Office 2003 and other essential
windows apps, If the user is much more familiar with using Adobe Acrobat
reader - for example, than its opensource equivalent, you can install
that too.
Xandros has great hardware support, so I dont see much problems with
detecting cameras and printers too.
I had a problem installing one scanner though, but it was a very very
very old model scanner.
and there's an open circulation xandros too, and the sysad can install
wine to run office.
for the regular office users, the only important things are to have M$
Office, read email, browse and have instant messaging (try skype) but
if they want yahoo messenger meron din naman for linux ryt?
Roberto Verzola wrote:
I'm informally helping an office convert to FOSS, and after months of on-off
effort, its system administrator submitted a memo about "shifting back to
windows", citing the ff reasons:
Hardware
- linux versions depend on hardware specs. Eg, ubuntu may not work on a new pc
but other versions may
- unable to detect scanner, camera
- very hard to backup a file when linux encounters a problem or crashes
Software
- not all plugins are available in firefox for linux
- kopete doesn't have file transfer
- cannot play movies and other presentations
Printing
- uses all colors even if we are only printing black
- inability to share a printer or even use a network printer
- compatibility of printers depend on what kind of linux you are using
- no support for 3 in 1 printers
I really have another job so I can't give too much time providing detailed
support. I expected the sys ad to work out the problems himself, if I point
him to the right direction. Apparently, he thinks Windows will be easier for
him overall.
Any suggestion will be helpful. If I can show that half or 2/3 of the problems
he raised could have been solved had he tried harder, management might indeed
ask the sys ad to try harder.
Obet
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