Comments on: Open Source Equivalents http://anchorite.org/blog/2006/06/27/open-source-equivalents/ Christianity, Orthodoxy and Technology Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:41:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dell to put Linux on Desktops and Notebooks » anchorite.org http://anchorite.org/blog/2006/06/27/open-source-equivalents/comment-page-1/#comment-10351 Dell to put Linux on Desktops and Notebooks » anchorite.org Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:41:41 +0000 http://www.anchorite.org/blog/2006/06/27/open-source-equivalents/#comment-10351 [...] Dell announced yesterday that they will expand Linux factory installed options to include their notebook and desktop lines (they already provide Linux options on their server line). Hopefully this will motivate the other major hardware vendors to do the same. I think Linux on the desktop will definitely be something we look at in a year or two when most of our desktops will be nearing end of life (with Windows XP). We already run OpenOffice.org and other open-source apps for the school so the switch to desktop Linux shouldn’t be too painful. Hopefully with the new support from Dell, there will be more offerings in the desktop management space (equivalents to group policy). [...] [...] Dell announced yesterday that they will expand Linux factory installed options to include their notebook and desktop lines (they already provide Linux options on their server line). Hopefully this will motivate the other major hardware vendors to do the same. I think Linux on the desktop will definitely be something we look at in a year or two when most of our desktops will be nearing end of life (with Windows XP). We already run OpenOffice.org and other open-source apps for the school so the switch to desktop Linux shouldn’t be too painful. Hopefully with the new support from Dell, there will be more offerings in the desktop management space (equivalents to group policy). [...]

]]> By: Switching to Ubuntu » anchorite.org http://anchorite.org/blog/2006/06/27/open-source-equivalents/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Switching to Ubuntu » anchorite.org Sun, 13 Aug 2006 04:29:58 +0000 http://www.anchorite.org/blog/2006/06/27/open-source-equivalents/#comment-62 [...] Our pilot test this summer running open source applications for the summer camp technology curriculum was successful and we are ditching Microsoft Office on the desktop (except Outlook) and running OpenOffice instead for all teachers and students. We will be saving quite a bit by not having to get all those extra Microsoft Office licenses. If it goes well this year we may even consider going Linux on the desktop as well. [...] [...] Our pilot test this summer running open source applications for the summer camp technology curriculum was successful and we are ditching Microsoft Office on the desktop (except Outlook) and running OpenOffice instead for all teachers and students. We will be saving quite a bit by not having to get all those extra Microsoft Office licenses. If it goes well this year we may even consider going Linux on the desktop as well. [...]

]]> By: Andrew Mitry http://anchorite.org/blog/2006/06/27/open-source-equivalents/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Andrew Mitry Sun, 02 Jul 2006 12:32:25 +0000 http://www.anchorite.org/blog/2006/06/27/open-source-equivalents/#comment-9 I just checked out a video of SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 at http://osvids.com, it looks pretty slick. I wonder how it compares to Ubuntu Dapper Drake. I just checked out a video of SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 at http://osvids.com, it looks pretty slick. I wonder how it compares to Ubuntu Dapper Drake.

]]> By: Roy Gitonga http://anchorite.org/blog/2006/06/27/open-source-equivalents/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Roy Gitonga Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:37:48 +0000 http://www.anchorite.org/blog/2006/06/27/open-source-equivalents/#comment-7 The open Source alternatives are very helpfull I have been stuck on Dreamwever for awhile now i want to check out NVU and hope it will be powerfull enough to make the switch worthwhile The switch to linux should not be that hard for computer literate volunteers especially with the user friendly GUI's like the new SUSE The open Source alternatives are very helpfull

I have been stuck on Dreamwever for awhile now i want to check out NVU and hope it will be powerfull enough to make the switch worthwhile

The switch to linux should not be that hard for computer literate volunteers especially with the user friendly GUI’s like the new SUSE

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