desktoplinux.com — A final draft of the second edition of IBM's "Linux Client Migration Cookbook" is now available online for free downloading. It targets "IT environments that need to begin an evaluation of desktop Linux, or in a broader sense any organization whose strategy is to move toward greater adoption of open source software and open standards."
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spoonyluvSep 20, 2006
Of course thanks to the 124128471289127398 Linux distros out there, this book will only apply to 3 of them and will become obsolete in 3 weeks when half the packages and the kernel get updated next.
Closed AccountSep 20, 2006
Buy an lcd, cheapskate. Or take the pdf to your company and print the whole thing out.
Closed AccountSep 20, 2006
I'm sure since it's coming from IBM it covers enterprise solutions, which admittedly, few of your average high school Diggers would find useful. For the rest of us, however, it's a great resource and will help many in the future.
Closed AccountSep 20, 2006
You mean it only takes reaing through 376 pages to get less functionality and no one iota more security as long as you take VERY basic precautions with Windows! Wow! Sign me up!
futurepowerSep 20, 2006
What we have: Free 10,000 pages to help you migrate to Linux. After three months of dedicated effort, you will be ready for the next 10,000 pages. Open source software is not free, because the manuals are so poorly written, and the user interfaces, which are often 90% of the work in a finished program, are not finished. It's just a different kind of payment: your time and aggravation.What we need: Free program that migrates everything automatically to Linux.
Closed AccountSep 20, 2006
This is better:<a class="user" href="http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/">http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/</a>or<a class="user" href="http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/exports/lnag.doc">http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/exports/lnag.doc</a>or<a class="user" href="http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/exports/lnag.pdf">http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/exports/lnag.pdf</a>or<a class="user" href="http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/exports/lnag_html.zip">http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/exports/lnag_html.zip</a>
abuserSep 20, 2006
Three hundr... what?Call me when the book becomes 37.6 pages...
displaynoneSep 20, 2006
yuck 376-pages....AHHH ADD ATTACK!
mindtriggerSep 20, 2006
Haha. My reaction, as a Tech, was about the same. I can't get these people to read help bubbles on their apps, let alone a friggin' 376 page document.Get real.
xanderdadSep 21, 2006
The entire section you quote seems very credible to me. And there is a lot more than just email and web browsing that you can do before you can say yes to one of those questions