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  • Don Parris
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    Is Your Business Using GNU/Linux on the Desktop?
    I would be curious to know if your business uses GNU/Linux on the desktop. What distribution did you deploy, and what applications are you using? How do you handle accounting and payroll?
    • 01 May 2007, 07:00 am
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    Lukas Th Hey
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    Re: Is Your Business Using GNU/Linux on the Desktop?
    Hi there,

    I tend to use Gentoo on my Laptop. It serves my needs - wether it's desktop computing or a server OS. As all business critical systems are webbased, it doesn't make any difference to the enduser. But I'd encourage future employees to use a linux-based system. In this case it's up to him/her which Linux is chosen, as long as the system don't crash unexpectedly ;-).

    My 0.02 US$ O:-)

    PS: Erm, what a response time - wtf %)
    This post was modified on 01 Mar 2008 at 10:47 pm.
    • 01 Mar 2008, 10:46 pm
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  • Don Parris
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    Re^2: Is Your Business Using GNU/Linux on the Desktop?
    Thanks for responding - even if it is a year later! I'm always interested in learning about GNU/Linux deployments.
    • 11 Mar 2008, 4:24 pm
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  • José González Gómez
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    Re^5: Is Your Business Using GNU/Linux on the Desktop?
    Have you taken a look at Zimbra (http://www.zimbra.com/ )?

    Best regards
    Jose
    • 07 Aug 2008, 09:33 am
  • David Dingley
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    Re^6: Will this announcement change views of Linux on the desktop?
    IBM, Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell, Red Hat to Deliver Microsoft-Free Desktops Worldwide

    http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/24825.wsshttp...
    • 07 Aug 2008, 10:31 am
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  • David Dingley
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    Re^8: The plan seems to include a robust client (even if not everyone likes that)!
    Robert - agree with you about the antipathy to entirely web based solutions - the "I like MY client on MY machine" model" is very powerful - thanks to 30 years of the PC mental model. And then there are those who travel - even nowadays one cannot be connected ALL the time and the ability to do a range of tasks offline is important - something web based models usually don't support. And if they do have a "disconnected" feature - well, what's wrong with having a proper local client?

    Robert Appleby wrote:
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    hope that one day a product can be produced that can stand up to applications like Lotus Notes and Exchange but I still think there is a long way to go or maybe it's just me who is blind. ;o)
     
    There are still a lot of hurdles to overcome, but the announcement does say...

    "The four leaders are working with their local business partners in markets around the world to build and distribute a pre-loaded PC offering that features IBM's Open Collaboration Client Solution (OCCS) (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/occs-overvie...) including Lotus Notes, Lotus Symphony and Lotus Sametime; the Linux operating system of each distributor; and software applications and installation services from the local partners in each market."

    So that should deal with your concern about a robust enough client. ;-)
    This post was modified on 07 Aug 2008 at 07:23 pm.
    • 07 Aug 2008, 7:22 pm