[WLUG] The End of XP an Opportunity for Linux?

[Jonathan Billings]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 09:17:33AM -0400, Chris Baty wrote:
> Through ironic circumstances I've become the IT Coordinator of a moderately
> sized Ann Arbor non-profit.  Our backbone is a Windows 2008 Server (lucky
> me) but our staff accesses it, via Remote Desktop, through a bunch of old
> XP machines.  Now that XP is no longer supported by Microsoft I'm seriously
> thinking about installing Kubuntu (because of it's similarity to Windows,
> low cost and resistance to viruses) on our old XP machines.
> 
> Has any one had a similar decision?

When choosing a Linux distribution, be sure to look at any Enterprise
or LTS versions.  Otherwise you'll be stuck performing major
distribution upgrades or reinstalls every 6-9 months.


-- 
Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>