perhaps can't really get themselves into quite the same trouble as with Windows.... ? Or should I wait another year or two....?
At least they won't be able to load those pesky games. I would sugest you go for it on a trial basis with a few users who you feel can pretty nmuch leqarn on there own , and who wont need 24/7 handholding. or you could go as far as puting two boxes on there desk. Linux runs nicly on old hardware , you must have some setting somewhere , just try to add as much ram , However with xwindows you will want something more powerfull than a 486 , go for pentuims and just add more ram. I have two cpus in the office , the third and fourth sort of fell by the wayside , It seams that once a year while I am overseas , Windows screws up , and needs to be reinstalled. I am currently working on setting up a server here with linux on it for the data. next as soon as I sort out the software issues , i will add/convert to linux. With the dual boot feature , I can run both , and slowly move the apps over to linux. I set up an old 486/66 with 8m of ram as a samba server , and was shocked at how well it preformed. It was chioking on win 3.1 , but runs linux very nicely , However I wouoldent dream of running xwindows on it , So I'll make use of it elswere. Bottom line , linux takes more time to set up , but you end up with better stability . Give it a try. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e