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Move Your Business from Windows to Linux (PC World)
It often seems that the mainstream technical press focuses on various "problems" with Linux, either technical or otherwise, which is what makes this PC World article stand out. It is a basic introduction to Linux for businesses that might be looking to switch from Windows, especially for the cost savings. "If that feels like a waste of your small business's precious IT budget, and you're still looking for an alternative to Windows Vista, look no further than Linux. The latest distributions are free, easy to install, and highly customizable; they harness your existing hardware without overtaxing it; and they include a wealth of productivity applications and utilities. You may already have a closet Linux expert on staff, but if you don't, paid support is usually available at rates far less than Microsoft's."
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Move Your Business from Windows to Linux (PC World) Posted Jul 8, 2008 15:16 UTC (Tue) by horen (subscriber, #2514) [Link] Overall, a concise and straightforward Linux-advocacy piece, with a positive emphasis that identifies M$/Vista costs and spotlights Linux alternatives. Though not a feature-for-feature substitute for Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org definitely does the job, and for $500 less per workstation than the cost of Office Professional 2007. "$500 less per workstation", although true, is unnecessarily cute and confusing. It would have been much clearer to (re)state that OpenOffice.org is free, and would save a business $500 per seat. Gnome, KDE, and Xfce are desktop managers, not window managers. Blackbox, however, is a window manager. It would have been more helpful to briefly highlight the differences between desktop managers and window managers: the shortfalls of the former, and the advantages of the latter. I think this is a good introductary article for PC World; however, a more technical, follow-up piece, is sorely needed.
Desktop manager? Posted Jul 8, 2008 21:34 UTC (Tue) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link] KDE and Xfce call themselves desktop environments, whereas GNOME calls itself a desktop. Neither calls itself a desktop manager. I presume, a desktop manager would manage several desktops, like a window manager manages several windows.
Desktop manager? Posted Jul 9, 2008 23:31 UTC (Wed) by aleXXX (subscriber, #2742) [Link] Well, KDE is the "K Desktop Environment", so it is a n environment. The "desktop" in KDE is kdesktop, i.e. the thingy which cares for the background of the screen with the icons and stuff. But I'm not sure nitpicking desktop vs. desktop manager vs. desktop environment makes sense here. Alex
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