Converting a MS company to Linux

[Bill Warner]

Yes this is a great topic for the list and for Linux people in general. 

We have moved almost all of our old SCO UNIX servers to Linux and are
looking into the possibility of moving our corporate desktops to Linux
as well.  Our UNIX team has been using Linux desktops for a long time so
we maintain some of the needed things.  I have been charged with the
task of evaluating and putting together a working desktop system that
will fill all the requirements that our win2k desktops do now.

Some of the things we need are performance and no single point of
failure.  I seem to have problems with these things when it comes to
setting up unified logins/home directories.  I know I can setup smb
authentication.  I could use NFS homes but those both give a single
point of failure.

If anyone knows of a good way to support 700 Linux desktops I would be
more than open to suggest ins.  

On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 11:59, Mark Phillips wrote:
> In my opinion, I think the discussion on this topic would be extremely 
> interesting. In fact, it would be a great archive of knowledge for 
> everyone. Please keep it on the list, or if really necessary, start a
> new 
> list so we can all follow your progress and learn from your mistakes.
> 
> My hope would be that you would keep us informed of what you are doing
> and 
> learning as well as the questions you raise. If these "learnings" were 
> archived, it would become a useful road map for encouraging others to 
> venture beyond the World of Bill.
> 
> My 2 cents.
> 
> Mark Phillips
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Scott Henderson [SMTP:boyhowdy@cyberspace.org]
> Sent:	Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:15 AM
> To:	plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject:	Converting a MS company to Linux
> 
> As some of you know, I'm the senior administrator at a company
> that runs MS on all of its servers and clients (well, we also
> have an AS400 system, but I'm not involved with that). We use
> Exchange for mail, Terminal Server, Windows file sharing, etc. A
> standard MS house.  I've managed to spark interest in Open Source
> solutions among a previously die-hard MS-focused group of admins
> (and the shirts and ties above) by setting up a Red Hat server
> with spam-filtering software.  Suddenly I'm in the rather
> exciting position of being given [almost] free reign to research
> other Open Source solutions, including things like Communigate
> Pro as an Exchange replacement (groupware version in beta), LTSP
> as a Terminal Server replacement, and various Linux distros for
> desktop use (Mandrake with ICE is in the lead :).  I've not been
> given a budget to bring in consultants, but I can work on it on
> my own.  There's a world of opportunity here, but the scope of
> this is a bit beyond my year and a half of experience with Linux.
> 
> I need to quickly get a decent grasp of the possibilites for
> moving us away from a MS-based, Active Directory network.  Is
> someone with Linux sys admin experience, especially migrating
> from MS systems, willing to spend a little time with me on the
> phone or exchanging emails to discuss this?  I think it's too
> much for this mailing list, but I don't require hours and hours
> of time, either.  I'm not looking for someone to hand everything
> to me on a silver platter.  I can figure out much on my own, but
> would appreciate some one to fire off questions against on best
> practices, etc.
> 
> And/Or... suggestions for mailing lists or other resources?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott
> 
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Bill Warner
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Direct Alliance Corporation

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