On 27/01/05 12:47 AM, Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote:
Since SuSE 9.2 Pro is full of problems--as seen on this list-- what are you going to be installing? (How can I get an English language version of an OS that doesn't have these?)
TBH I havnt had any problems with 9.2 I havnt been able to solve within a reasonable amount of time, but then again I'm not exactly new to the world of Unix. As allways if you know what your doing you can make it look easy/
And what are you going to be doing about programs that don't exist in Linux, like AutoCad, or Pro-E, or the EEsof RF software, etc.? Or is this only for office people, who only need a word processor, a spread sheet, an Internet browser, Adobe, and e-mail? (Everybody else will have XP?)
Were a school, we certainly dont use Autocad, and the educational programs we do use we made sure they ran under WINE 18 months ago, including hiring a student developer from our local university to add the necessary code to WINE. Alternatively, if you dont want to hire someone to make program X work, find an alternative that does or use an emulator or application interface. Either way that sort of thing is handled in the planning and development stages, you sit down with lots of other people and go through their requirements, it may be that they do need Windows or a Mac or a Bebox or any number of other operating systems or terminals, if so then thats what you give them. The school's admin office still has to run DOS apps on Win98, it wont run on NT5 or Dosbox so their stuck with 98 for the forseeable future.
Don't get me wrong: I'd like to see Linux win the battle with MS, but the problems are not small, nor are they subtle.
Never said or even inferred they were, infact I think I was pointing out the exact opposite, but the problems are solvable if you put the work in. Regards, Ben