I still have 70+ users running WinXP and for the moment have no plans to change them just because support will cease. I'm sure there are others in a similar situation. I would love to move all 200+ users to Linux + LibreOffice but I'm stuck with having to use Internet Explorer 8/9 for the application we use to run our business. The providers have specifically written the application to work with IE but even then have to "mend" it for each new release. Having said that I'm not sure I would use Fedora as the release/update cycle would be a nightmare to administer for 200+ seats. I would be interested to hear people's comments on which dist would be better for desktop (non-IT) users. Centos? Mint? I do have two Macbooks in the company and I do like the look and feel of them but to be honest I'm glad I don't have to *use* them. They're not used by what I could call "business users" tho so I don't know how they would perform in the real world. I'm yet to be convinced about thin clients, be they ChromeOS or any of the other cloud based ones. I would be interested to hear of real world examples of it working tho. On Thursday 11 April 2013 14:25:01 Michael Leung wrote: > I am thinking about some linux based opensource tablet os. > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-04-11 at 16:43 +1000, Michael Leung wrote: > > > Now is a post-pc era. > > > > I've never been in the major computing rat race, I've always used the > > alternatives (never had a C64, used Amiga when Windows became all the > > rage, Linux later on, and other things before we had personal computers > > that we'd recognise today). There's always been something different. > > It's rarely been a competitor on an even footing, but existed for many > > years because people did want something different. I don't see that > > situation going away. There will always be some alternative, and Linux > > needs to stay being an alternative, not a clone of the world's worst > > operating system ever foisted upon the public. > > > > -- > > [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r > > 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 > > > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I > > read messages from the public lists. > > > > > > > > -- > > users mailing list > > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
