On Fri, 2013-04-12 at 09:04 +1000, Nik Trevallyn-Jones wrote: > Hi Gary, > > Just a few thoughts from my own experiences. > > I also support a network of WinXP machines (40+, so fewer than yours). > I use FOG ( http://www.fogproject.org/ ) to automate tasks and re-image > the machines, and everything runs quite smoothly. > > Some time ago, I tested a Fedora install with VMware Workstation running > our WinXP image for the Windows-only apps (CAD, Sketchp), and it worked > really well; > - the only problem was strong resistance from stubborn users. > > You can also run IE on Linux machines under Wine, but I understand that > only 6, 7, and 8 are supported that way (however, it is always possible > to address that on your own machine, so my experience is that you > *could* get IE9 working as well) > Alternatively you could run a VM which contains Windows and IE. See the > following link for more details, including a link for MS-provided VMs: > http://www.rdeeson.com/weblog/126/how-to-run-internet-explorer-7-8-and-9-in-linux-with-or-without-wine.html > > If you are happy with Fedora, you can install it and leave it for 12-18 > months, and then update when you've found a stable version of the latest > Fedora release. Since you don't want to update all the time (eg every 15 > minutes), the fact that the repos of your installed version will > disappear isn't really a major problem. > > I have recently installed Stella at 2 other sites. Stella is a desktop > spin of Centos - basically it is to Centos what I understand Mint is to > Ubuntu. > Stella is really simple to install (simpler and quicker than Fedora for > example), and has >90% of what I want already installed - and far less > unwanted stuff. > > So far, I am really happy with Stella on the desktop and ClearOS (also > CentOS based) on the servers. > I am gradually adding features to FOG to improve support for linux > machines (both desktop and servers). > > The only real-world installation of thin clients that I have seen was in > someone's home (3-5 workstations). They used LTSP, and it has been > working really well. > I am still looking at LTSP myself, but with the ease of management I get > from FOG, I'm not sure I would get much benefit. > > My experience with Macs is mixed: many Mac users love them; they are not > too difficult to support; and while the early versions of Safari and > Mail were useless, we just installed Firefox and Thunderbird, and all > was good. > > I can't say the same for iPhones. Trying to bend our infrastructure to > work the way iPhones demand is way too much effort. Android phones are > much easier - and that is despite having to install 5 or 6 apps to get > support for all the protocols eg, WebDav, ICS, etc. > > Hope this helps, > > Cheers! > Nik One anoyance however is that wine will not run 64bit Window applications. -- ======================================================================= The only disadvantage I see is that it would force everyone to get Perl. Horrors. :-) -- Larry Wall in <8854@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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
