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

[Jeff Hanson]

Check for proprietary apps that require Windows.  Not everything works on
Wine.  Crossover Office may be better if they are using Access DBs on the
clients.

Vinagre and Remmina are clients for RDP.

Excluding proprietary app problems on the clients, you'll probably have
more problems with the hardware and users.

Old GPUs, especially integrated Intel (8xx series), SiS, and Via devices,
have limited support (if any).

Some old printers, scanners, and AiO multifunction devices don't work
well.  DeskJet 7xx (software-based "Winprinters"), Lexmark 6xx (and Dell
7xx equivalents), Visioneer OneTouch scanners, are either useless or not
worthing fighting with.  Many scanners will require firmware to be loaded
at boot.

Internet content filtering is practically non-existent.  DansGuardian is
barely maintained and won't support https/SSL/TLS filtering except by
domain name and IP.

If the systems are going to access files directly on the server then you'll
have to support SMB and logins.

If the clients are only using web browsers, thin-client hardware (and maybe
a new server with LTSP) may be better.  Main advantage is lower energy
consumption.



On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Chris Baty <batymahn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 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?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chris Baty
> IT Coordinator
> Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living
>
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