I can't take it anymore -- I'm just going to say it, because I know it's what everyone is thinking:
Ubuntu!!! It's the only distro they are going to be able to get their head around. Every other distro is going to require someone to bust out a terminal at some point in time. Plus it has killer hardware support. Jason On Jan 17, 2008 9:40 AM, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last night I was called over to help with a project. > > The concept was pretty simple. > It was suspected that there was a data leak via malware within the > organization, but McAfee was coming back clean. > So I brought in a copy of linux called "system rescue" and we started > performing an offline scan of all the machines on his network. > After several hours it was determined that there was a massive > infection of every machine on the network. > It looks like a rootkit was on each system, it appears that it was > hidding some keystroke loggers, and a trojan who's purpose is to wipe > critical system files at a particular date. > > Anyways thanks to linux we saved the day. > > This got us on to a discussion of the benefits of using Linux in a > corporate environment vs running windows. > He's sold on the concept so now all we need to do is determine what > distro would meet their needs the best. > > Here's the rub though. > We aren't exactly sure what those needs are I think we need to ask > more questions before they make the jump. > > There are a few proprietary windows apps which cannot be replaced, but > I'm relatively certain they could run in wine. > The company is running Windows Small Business Server 2003 as their in > house email and file/print server. > > This server runs exchange but only for it's email handling and not > it's calendaring additionally it does spam filtering via McAfee spam > filter, albeit not so well :) > Additionally it functions as the "Primary Domain Controller". > > Where do we go from here? What are the right questions to ask and > answer before moving this company over completely to Linux? > > So far I'm getting ready to ask the following... > Are there good linux replacements for exchange in this context? > What Linux app would you use to replace a PDC? > Additionally there is a single large copier/printer/fax that is hooked > up to the machine and it's being shared through the network via the > main box, what are the odds that this thing has got good drivers for > Linux? > > Can you folks help me come up with more questions (and possibly > answers) that we should ask/answer and have ready to make this > company's transition to Linux as seamless as possible? > > Thanks in advance! > > Sincerely, > Steve > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
