Use Zenwalk for your business. Not as many packages as Zenwalk (In case you want to install the vidya), but a much better system overall (Netpkg > apt, etc).
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Anonymous2008-01-23 22:09
linux..business... ahahahaha
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Anonymous2008-01-23 23:19
Red Hat/Fedora
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Anonymous2008-01-24 2:29
>>4
Enjoy your 5 year old technology. Red Hat is fucking dead.
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Anonymous2008-01-24 5:54
It depends on if you're willing to invest in professionals to tidy up the bits that are not adequate.
I'm not sure what you said, but it sounds reasonable
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Anonymous2008-01-24 11:10
>>7
Zenwalk is fucking awesome, trust me. The XFCE DE is set up to be both pretty and exceptionally functional. It runs out of the box, detects most hardware, and the package system is so easy (Want openoffice? Run the command netpkg openoffice as root. Want a different office suite? netpkg office and look through your options. Need to upgrade? netpkg upgrade).
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Anonymous2008-01-24 14:13
>>8
Have fun trying to get any kind of proprietary software to work on it and not lose the support. Think backup appliances and the like. Same goes for Xbuntu.
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Anonymous2008-01-24 17:12
>>9
Support? Well, I suppose for a business that would need some dickery, but as a desktop user, I can use the mailing lists and the extensive wiki on the site.
And I use some proprietary software, just got to compile it from source if it's not on the package tree.
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Anonymous2008-01-25 2:24
>>10
Yeah, only that this thread is about business, not desktop users. Reading comprehension.
Let's say you have this moderately expensive backup appliance for your infrastructure and file servers and it craps out once again, software bug. You call the support and tell them that you use *buntu or Zenwalk. Guess what they are going to tell you.
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Anonymous2008-01-25 20:14
>>11
They tell you "Oh hi, this is the UBANTOONIGGER/Zenwalk support line, what do you know about your system's configuration?"
Fucking hell, Red Hat were doing support for Linux years ago, and unlike MS, OSS doesn't go backwards.
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Anonymous2008-01-26 1:01
Suse vs Ubuntu, go!
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Anonymous2008-01-26 1:10
>>11
They will tell you "apt-get install amanda." </thread>
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Anonymous2008-01-26 7:24
>>12
No. They are going to tell you "O HI SRY WE NO SUPPORTY YOUR OS BUT THX ANYWAYS FOR PAYING LOLS".
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Anonymous2008-01-26 9:03
>>9
that's your own fault for accepting proprietary programs. it's a far better investment to invest money and effort into free programs.
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Anonymous2008-01-26 9:12
ubuntu is good, nothing wrong with it, except all the fucking newfags use it
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Anonymous2008-01-27 8:31
why is there linux elitism? theres no real difference between ubuntu and something like debian etc they all work the same stop being bitchy you nerd
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Anonymous2008-01-27 11:41
>>15
Because everyone gets away with breach of contract!
>>18
Because Ubuntu is slow, bloated, and going nowhere. Also, netpkg > apt.
>>18
Ubuntu is virtually the same thing as Debian you fucking nigger. If you want difference, compare Ubuntu to Red Hat/SuSE Enterprise. At least those two get a lot of certification for other companies' products. And for a reason.
>>29
Debian Sid + Gay + Bloat + A smug sense of self-satisfaction + bugs?
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Anonymous2008-02-02 20:30
>>31
what? those things have nothing to do with Ubuntu. Main Entry: 1bloat Pronunciation: \ˈblōt\ Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English blout, blote soft, pliable, from Old Norse blautr soft, weak; akin to Old English blēat miserable Date: 14th century : bloated puffy Main Entry: 1bug Pronunciation: \ˈbəg\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English bugge hobgoblin; probably akin to Low German bögge goblin Date: 14th century obsolete : bogey bugbear
So how does one apply an emotional state of being into a set of instructions designed to make a computer do something useful?
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Anonymous2008-02-02 20:44
Yes it is. Just make sure you have a basic understanding of it if you're serious about using it. Especially for businesses.
you have to choose between mac, windows, and suse if you don't want to infringe on the intellectual property of microsoft.
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Anonymous2008-02-03 18:49
infringe on the intellectual property of microsoft.
I don't understand what you mean by that. What is intellectual property and how do people infringe on it? You can't walk all over thoughts.
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Anonymous2008-02-03 19:32
I think Ubuntu is a pretty cool guy. eh infringes on M$'s intellectual properties and doesn't afraid of anything
>>40
Hardy Heron actually introduces some damn interesting things, like PolicyGuard.
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Anonymous2008-02-04 9:59
>>41
The way PolicyKit is implemented is un-Unixlike and not likely to end well. I'll refrain from commenting further until April, but I'm not expecting much.
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Anonymous2008-02-04 14:29
>>42
The way Linux is implemented is un-Unixlike and not likely to end well. I'll refrain from commenting further until the Hurd's release date, but I'm not expecting much.
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Anonymous2008-02-04 14:40
>>43
The way Umix is implemented is un-Multicslike and not likely to end well. I'll refrain from commenting further until the rewrite in C, but I'm not expecting much.
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Anonymous2008-02-04 21:19
>>44
The way memes are created is un-awesomelike and not likely to end well. I'll refrain from commenting further until the failure is total, but I'm not expecting much.
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Anonymous2008-02-05 0:00
>>45
The way Multics is implemented is un-CTSS-like and not likely to end well. I'll refrain from commenting further until the rewrite in BCPL, but I'm not expecting much.
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Anonymous2008-02-07 20:17
>>46
The way niggers is slaving is un-nigger-like, and not likely to end well. I'll refrain from commenting further until they start working, but I'm not expecting much more than them to eat watahmelongs.
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Anonymous2008-02-09 14:15
well, it depends. Small business that doesn't require specialist software- yes, if you're staff are willing to learn how the new software works.
Large business, or any business that requires specialist software- no, unless you're willing to pay for training all your employees, or unless you're willing to use an opensource (or cheap) alternative to said specialist software
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Anonymous2008-02-09 14:18
>>48
Large businesses will generally be writing their own ``specialist software'', so the point is moot.
What's good for businesses that use computers is to run one or more OS(es) as required to accomplish their business. People complaining about interoperability issues between platforms like OS X, Windows, and Linux are just too lazy to figure out more than one platform.