[ILUG] Laptops

[Rory Browne]

I know this is a Linux list, and I generally support the use of a
Linux distro over Windows, but I don´t think there is much point in
having him use linux just because everyone else is.

He can install the same SW apps as the rest of the office(eg
OpenOffice), perhaps using cygwin if necessary.

I also wouldn't have the overhead of admining samba for one user. Let
him use Services for Unix, or some other way of connecting to your
Linux network.

On 8/29/05, Kevin Philp <kevin at cybercolloids.net> wrote:
> On Monday 29 August 2005 09:50, Andrew McCarthy wrote:
> >On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 09:49:32AM +0100, Kevin Philp wrote:
> >> We have to buy a laptop for one of our new guys and he will need to plug
> >> it into our network when he is in the office. It will be our first laptop
> >> user based in the office so its new territory for me. Two options:
> >>
> >> 1. Let him keep his laptop with WinXP on it and set up Samba to support
> >> him.
> >>
> >> 2. Force him to comply to our Linux only network and dual boot his laptop
> >> so he can use Linux when he is here.
> >
> >Maybe a silly question but I'm wondering why, if he's new and you have a
> >Linux-only office network, you're putting Windows on the laptop at all?
> >
> >Andrew
> 
> He will be required to work some of his time in a clients office and will need
> WinXP for there. However after reading all the bits from here it seems we can
> go for the dual boot option without too much trepidation and he can run Linux
> when he is with us.
> 
> Kevin.
> 
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