Linux for an association I work for.

[Noam Rathaus]

David,

Unlike what Yotam is saying, I would advise the opposite.

We have moved our whole company, as well as the accounting person (which uses 
חשבשבת under VirtualBox) to Linux - Ubuntu.

I have to say several things works good and flawlessly, VPN and Drivers.

Yes those pesky drivers, Windows says it knows everything, but plug in an HP 
DeskJet 1120 and you are asked to download 300MB driver package to make it 
work, while Ubuntu doesn't even ask you to install anything.

If your plan is to move people to Linux be prepared for harsh times and 
complaints mainly on:
1) Office did that or this
2) Outlook did that or this
3) Why doesn't site X or Y work

Beside that the maintenace requirement for Linux is much lower than Windows - 
especially in regard to Security (No need for antivirus or installation of 
pesky security fixes) - and if you stick to LTS (Long Term Service) versions 
of Ubuntu, there isn't much to upgrade/update ...


On Saturday 28 February 2009 16:58:33 David Harel wrote:
> Greetings,
>
>
> I need your help regarding convincing the vice president of an
> association to shift from MS XP to Linux. What I did till now was
> install Ubuntu on two machines that were phasing out and failed to run
> MS. We got all services we needed including connectivity to external
> resources.
>
> Currently the objection to my initiation is in three items:
>
>    1. Make Linux connect to IPVPN (thought it is straight forward).
>    2. Maintenance cost.
>    3. Getting his approval for my test (seems like a small man).
>
> I need information to try to overturn his stubbornness.


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