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I was on their site today shopping for some new pcs here at work and they listed some of them as offered with RedHat.
It's an Oklahoma government contract, not public.
But there they were.
Called my office mate over to show him.
He's so hard core he has a penguin tattoo on his leg.
Now if we could just justify one...Chuck
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Now if they'd only offer a distro that's worth looking at.“And, remember: there's no 'I' in 'irony'†~ Merlin MannComment
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Bad idea can you imagine users calling the India helpdesk.
Linux will flumax the script monkeys within seconds.
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They've offered Linux for a while now, we configured and ordered a few machines at least a couple months ago now.
And... in order for someone to offer a "decent distro" of Linux, there has to be such a thing.
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Originally posted by Gurm View PostThey've offered Linux for a while now, we configured and ordered a few machines at least a couple months ago now.
And... in order for someone to offer a "decent distro" of Linux, there has to be such a thing.
But at least you've got an idea what you're doing.
Had a conversation with a fellow technician the other day. They're running a 12 year old sparc station. The machine almost has had it so they were enquiring about upgrading it. They were told to copy the old os to a new machine. Just wouldn't work me thinks.Comment
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Software support is "community support" on the linux desktops.Originally posted by The PIT View PostBad idea can you imagine users calling the India helpdesk.
Linux will flumax the script monkeys within seconds. Comment
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Wasn't aware they were pre-loading anything but RedHat. I stand corrected.Originally posted by Kooldino View Post“And, remember: there's no 'I' in 'irony'†~ Merlin MannComment
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Nope. The day Vista hit, Dell pulled all availability for laptops with XP. So we started ordering laptops with Linux, and then an OEM copy of XP. (Works out about the same as getting the lappy with Vista!)Originally posted by Kooldino View Post
They pulled XP from all their home desktops as well, and from many of the business models except Optiplex and... err... one other.
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Originally posted by Kooldino View Post
Yes but do expect Joe six pack to really understand what they're on about after years of easy windows. Nope no chance.
You could argue that techie people would be the only ones to order them. But I've know people who don't know the left mouse button from the right who've considered using Linux because they've been told it's easy.Comment
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Originally posted by The PIT View Post
Which is why I always get SO upset with Linux people who SWEAR that Linux is easy enough for ANYONE now. I tried to teach my 80-year-old grandmother how to use e-mail, and she pretty much got it, but it was under VISTA. I don't see how she could POSSIBLY learn Linux. Just no way in hell.The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!
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OTOH, IMHO, Windows also isn't easy enough for average "anyone"...they use it allright, but if something needs installing/changing (or breaks...)
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