* Kevin Donnelly;
On Friday 15 November 2002 11:34 am, Damon Register wrote: If I were you, I would do it by stealth. If you make a major fuss about getting SuSE, and then have any install/usage problems, you will have egg on face.
Stealth is definitely the wrong approach
from home and install SuSE on another partition. This means that you can continue using Windows while you iron out any problems. Once you have everything running the way you want, then start using Linux day-to-day. If you can do all your work with it, then that is the best advertisement for it, and I suspect you will then get queries from others at work who want to "try" it. i
I would say by all means NO to this approach as it may end up in an unpleasant situation, ie ( If this happens in my company this is a valid reason for the person to be out). Rules are established so everyone has a workable solution while making sure that the employee is concentrated on the job not the technical aspect of the tiny details that make the job happen and Computers just happen to fit this category. Unless you are in charge of the IT and has valid reasons for running (read testing ) SuSE I would not even think about without having the approval of the management. Plus by installing unauthorized software you are also breaking support contracts that your company has purchased. Yes use SuSE Linux by all means at your convince yet do not sneak in. If you think you have valid reasons to convince the Management please do so and I will be the first to support you by all means of information case studies etc. -- Togan Muftuoglu Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer http://dinamizm.ath.cx