Comments on: Pioneering desktop Linux project put on ice

Norwegian city won't make shift soon, but the man behind the plan denies that the project has been canned.

[Penguinisto]

No worries...

It takes time and money to do major changes, no matter which way the change goes.

OTOH, once those changes are made at the desktop level (software found and configured, employees trained to not go looking for C:\, etc), I suspect that the overall TCO will drop significantly (less licensing costs, more efficient server usage -- where a huge chunk of CPU isn't being wasted on anti-virus and spyware, etc etc etc...)

/P

[Lindy01]

Most

server CPU's sit idle on any platform. Hence the very popular VM/consolidation movement.

For lots of desktops....there are not any entprise wide managment tools for Linux....like there are for Windows, SMS, Landesk....etc.

[WJeansonne]

How idiotic can you be?

What a complete waste of time by these governments. They are systematically getting burned by trying to roll out linux as desktop OS, much less as a server. MS won the OS war long ago and the stupid penguinistas just can't get over it. What a joke.

[cyber_rigger]

Pre-installed Desktop Linux

Companies are starting to preinstall Desktop Linux.

http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23168/

[Seaspray0]

Yes... and no

I looked at the list. I didn't see any major PC manufacturer on it... I mean companies like Dell, HP, IBM, Lenovo. The list was a compilation of companies I've never heard of. While I think it's a good thing they do offer it, corporations are going to be shy about buying computers from anything but a major PC maker. You can get offerings for linux on servers from the big guys, just not the desktops... but then again, it's the servers where linux shines the most. I did finally found one of the linux PC's for sale at Walmart not long ago. Who knows? perhaps the big PC makers will follow suit on providing it on a desktop.

Since you are more familiar with the OS than I, can you provide a good link to the commands and their syntax?

[abelonrambler]

Geeks have influence

One geek known Linux good for somethings and could convict everybody of it is good for all other things.

[Seaspray0]

Big PC makers are dictating the policy

Corporations prefer to buy PC's from a major manufacturer. They can cut deals, get discounts, and even get extended warantee's, trade in options, etc. What is stopping linux in this arena is that the big PC makers do not sell desktops with linux, only with windows. Most corps will blast the HDD and install their own copy of the OS so they can choose what they want, but the're not getting a refund on windows if they install linux. The cost at this point is the same: $0.

There are very few companies out there that don't own computers with a windows OEM sticker already on it placed there by the PC maker. I know many have refered to it as the "MS Tax" and until the big PC makers decide otherwise, that's what it is. For the companies and individuals that want windows, this is a good deal since they're getting the OS at a massive discount ($75 versus $300)... and since the masses want it, I don't see that changing. But, it is rather unfair to those who prefer linux.

[slim-1]

I agree totally

Very good point and why moving to Linux takes a lot of hard work in the corporate world.

But then it also did on the Server end and now the Internet runs on Linux and Apache.