linux as a workstation
Mike Rambo
mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us
Thu, 16 Aug 2001 12:38:34 -0400
I think Mark already mentioned Samba. I'd second that suggestion. I guess
it's mostly because I work in an environment where there are all windows
machines other than our server and my workstation, but I've become
accustomed to using smb to mount all my resources, even Linux to Linux. When
you do it that way it makes it a snap if there are windows machines around
that you need to connect.
My second thought was to suggest that you look at Mandrake for workstation
use. It is built on RedHat and as such does bear resemblence in file
structure etc. Mandrake appears to me better in providing the bells and
whistles that most windows folks will look for in a desktop station. For one
thing it has a pretty wide variety of apps that come loaded out of the box.
But mostly I like it for a desktop workstation because of the smaller
touches they've built into it - slicker appearance etc. I still like RedHat
for servers because it is more stable and robust than Mandrake. Mandrake
tends to built more on the bleeding edge - occasionally there are
consequences to that approach.
My 2 cents.
Mike Rambo
mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Overfield <soverfield@GCCMHA.org>
To: Linux-User (E-mail) <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:59 AM
Subject: linux as a workstation
>Good Morning,
>I have been asked to give a presentation at an upcoming meeting on the
>viability of linux as a workstation/desktop OS.....could anyone on the list
>point me toward any resources? Also, are there any alternatives to NFS for
>network file sharing between linux/unix servers and linux/unix
workstations?
>Any help appreciated....
>
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