Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks

date posted 13th January 2004 14:29

Dom wrote:

>>Basically 160 quid x 2 seems like a lot of money to upgrade to xp pro
>>when the machines aren't worth much more than that (PII with 64MB and
>>a few gig HDD)
>
> You're right, they're not worth much more than that - they're worth
> much less than that! However you should find Linux works just
> fine on that spec, tho' more RAM would help enormously.

well they're still worth a fair bit in usefulness to the business,
though not to sell obviously. RAM is on my shopping list already..


>
> Lycoris is meant to be Windows-user-friendly. I installed it
> on someone's machine recently but haven't had much feedback
> from them yet.
but can it integrate into windows domains complete with security /
filesharing?


>
> www.linuxiso.org is a neat collection of links to the relevant ISO
> downloads for different distros.
cheers -I'll have a look

Nick