RHEL 7 and Gnome extensions

Posted Jan 9, 2013 17:29 UTC (Wed) by shmerl (guest, #65921)
In reply to: RHEL 7 and Gnome extensions by drag
Parent article: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 released

> Traditionally speaking (past decade or so) you have always been far more
> productive in the majority of corporate environments by using a Windows
> desktop, installing a bunch of unix-related admin tools, and then having a
> separate Linux node you did your Linux/Unix hacking and administrative
> tasks from.

This isn't so anymore. I'm not talking about RedHat releases in particular (which aren't too suitable for desktop usage, since they are too far apart and fall behind rapid desktop advancements). In general however, any modern and up to date Linux distro can feel way more productive to use than Windows.

RHEL 7 and Gnome extensions

Posted Jan 10, 2013 14:56 UTC (Thu) by drag (guest, #31333) [Link] (1 responses)

> In general however, any modern and up to date Linux distro can feel way more productive to use than Windows.

Unless you need Active Directory integration, Outlook support, and 99% of all applications developed anywhere by anybody that are used by professionals.

RHEL 7 and Gnome extensions

Posted Jan 10, 2013 19:08 UTC (Thu) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link]

you are speaking for yourself.

Many professionals are able to operate quite nicely with Linux desktops.

If what you were saying was correct, none of the professionals would be able to run Macs because they have the same problem as linux for most of those applications that you are referring to.