Re: Any Microsoft Bashers Here?

Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Am 2004-02-04 19:57:41, schrieb Morten Fangel:
> 
> 
>>But where should be make an effort to use KDE/Linux?
>>Many schools could use KDE/Linux as their primary OS, because most 
>>people just need the tools to do simple surfing and text-editing (Moz 
>>Firebird and OpenOffice) and having a share for their files. This could 
>>be achieved with very low cost licenses and hardware (my school has a 
>>lot of 468 and P-133 running Win98 - which of course runs really slow). 
>>They could use these computers with KDE/Linux and get a lot more millage 
>>of them.
> 
> 
> KDE on an 486/P-133 ???
> 
> Sorry, but I am working on a development project for Iran and 
> Afghanistan and they HAVE many of this Very-Old-Computers....
Best of luck to you...
> 
> KDE is Overkill !!!

This is propobly correct - but with that many people used to ONLY 
windows you wouldn't get away with fx fvwm2...

> 
> I am using Debian GNU/Linux in following Versions:
> 
>  75 to 133 MHz	32 MB mem	SLINK	with fvwm2, netscape 4.07, SO 4.0
> 150 to 200 MHz	64 MB mem	POTATO	with fvwm2, netscape 4.72, SO 5.2
> 233 to ... MHz	96 MB mem	WOODY	with fvwm2, mozilla 1.6, OO.o 1.02
> 
> 
>>The option of remote-desktop using small (thin) clients with nothing 
>>more that a network interface, graphic controller and keyboard/mouse and 
>>running these of a central server - this would cut maintenance time and 
>>cost to a minimum while getting machines that runs smooth.
> 
> 
> But if the Sever fails, than nothing will work...

Yes - but one server is a lot easyer to keep alive that 100 computers...

> 
> Greetings
> Michelle
> 
/Morten