linux as a workstation

[Sean]

you can also look at afpfs/netatalk which does Appletalk file sharing, it
is easy to setup, fast and I believe there are gui tools to do this.

The protocal autonegiotates the ip, numbers and switches from classic
Appletalk to Appletalk/IP which is probably about as fast as they come.

I do not know the status of afpfs though which is what lets you mount
appletalk shares on your Linux box, Netatalk does the shares from your
machine.

I feel like I am pushing Apple technology, but it just never gets
mentioned as an option though. *shrugs*

Sean




On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Mike Rambo wrote:

> 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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