Hmmm, I'm sure Xandros is wonderful. You might also want to look at Mandrake 9.1 - as a workstation desktop, it is almost unbeatable.
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 21:11, Meyer, David R wrote: > Several weeks ago I was assigned the task at my company to make a Linux > desktop work across the board with all of our internal applications, > business tools, etc. The goal...to convert 40 engineer's laptops to > Linux laptops, with another 150 to follow shortly after, followed by > another chunk. > > I have tried Red Hat, SuSE, Lycoris, Knoppix and finally Xandros. > Everything else took configuration, package addition, customization, > etc. to get it to be just like I wanted it. The idea wasn't to take the > work out of it, the idea was to find something that people could start > learning Linux on and then when they are ready, move to something else > of their choice. > > Xandros required nearly no customization, etc. It worked out of the > box. In fact, it even supports a wireless card that Symbol (the > manufacturer) claims doesn't work with Linux. This same card never > worked with Red Hat or SuSE, so needless to say I was rather impressed. > I plugged it in, enabled it, encrypted it, and I was done. > > The CrossOver Office integration is seamless, and because you can use > debs or rpm's it is a cinch to install any package you want. > > If you have never tried Xandros, give it a try. You will not be > disappointed. > > Dave -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
