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Submitted by Ahmed Hashim on Sun, 28/08/2005 - 11:56.
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Al salamo Alikom

i need your advice, my company will migrate to linux in the managerial departments. so they asked me to suggest the distro, install and train. the distro requirement

  • User friendly
  • Open MS documents
  • Email clients
  • Network condiguration
  • virus clean

so all those requirement is available in all distro but if any one have a trial with this can advice me, which distro to choose.

thnx

Note:i can't make a poll in the site, so i create a forum topics, Moderator can make polls available and under moderation.

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Submitted by Ahmed Hashim on Sun, 28/08/2005 - 12:34.

I think that Ramez can help in this as they are already using GNU Linux.. can you suggest ramez?


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Go for mandrake

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Submitted by Conceptor on Sun, 28/08/2005 - 12:39.

basically mandrake will fill the above requirements

check this web site and find what is your best alternatives.

Diaa Radwan

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Seconded.

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Submitted by YoussefAssad on Sun, 28/08/2005 - 12:49.

At IT Synergy we're also standardized on Mandrake.

-- Panem et *burp* circenses

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Secretary

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Submitted by Ahmed Hashim on Sun, 28/08/2005 - 13:03.

Youssef, i knew that IT Synergy used linux but i thought that they are using in administration or deployment or even development.. what about the secretary? does she use linux? we will make the secretary, finance, sales,...etc use linux.

thnx
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404

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Submitted by MSameer on Tue, 30/08/2005 - 14:16.

Well, I can say that we don't have a secretary.

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Mandrake

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Submitted by ADminS on Sun, 28/08/2005 - 12:51.

ana ma3a Conceptor Mandriva will fill the above requirements 2006 will be OUT soon but i think You have to ues stable release "LE2005" better

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thnx

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Submitted by Ahmed Hashim on Sun, 28/08/2005 - 13:00.

thnx Conceptor, i am knew about the alternatives well :) but this page is helpfull, i missed this url from a long time :)


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Well the last three requireme

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Submitted by ShErbO on Sun, 28/08/2005 - 13:12.

Well the last three requirements can be found in almost all distros. This leaves us with the "User friendly" requirement, and allow me to add the "major distro" requirement. You want a popular distro so that you could get support easily.

This leaves us with the following:

  • Mandrake
  • FEDORA
  • UBUNTU
  • MEPIS

    • Everyone can argue that (their distro) is the best, but actually there isn't that much of a difference. I suggest that you go with Mandrake for one reason: It has a great "control center" which can be used to setup almost everything in the system. I'm saying this even though I don't run Mandrake myself. It's your choice though so if you have any other requirements that can't be fulfilled using Mandrake, you're free to use any other distro.

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    mandriva is your best choice

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    Submitted by linuxawy on Sun, 28/08/2005 - 13:39.

    actually ANY linux distro will fullfill all your requirements, but i highly recommend mandrake/driva cause it's the most suitable for beginners (or that's what i think)

    Ahmed D. El-Mekkawy

    • I was known as Black Cat
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    Mandriva

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    Submitted by Ahmed Hashim on Sun, 28/08/2005 - 14:24.

    Well, i can see that all suggest mandriva, although that i am not a mandrake lover :P anyway we will close this poll today to take a decision :) many thanks for your contribution.


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    Suse!!!!

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    Submitted by Ahmed Hashim on Sun, 28/08/2005 - 14:48.

    Al salamo alikom

    what about Suse?!!

    do any one recommend it?


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    Suse .. :) you stoped when i

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    Submitted by Ahmed Hashim on Mon, 29/08/2005 - 16:15.

    Suse .. :) you stoped when i mentioned suse :) is there any problem?

    i found Suse 9.3 is gr8 and easy, also contain many windows like application.

    anyway thank you all.


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    Shocked

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    Submitted by YoussefAssad on Mon, 29/08/2005 - 16:26.

    Suse 9.3 is gr8 ... also contain many windows like application Your open karma just took a nosedive. Please hand over your EGLUG ID card at the door.

    -- Panem et *burp* circenses

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    why!

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    Submitted by Ahmed Hashim on Mon, 29/08/2005 - 16:43.

    ya 3am matez3alsh awy keda :) i want my people to use linux, they are working under windows more than 7 years..

    be practical please, but you didn't tell me if the secreatary uses linux or not in IT Synergy

    :) thank you
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    lol

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    Submitted by linuxawy on Mon, 29/08/2005 - 17:00.

    lool@ YoussefAssad
    besara7a... 3andak 7a2

    Ahmed D. El-Mekkawy

    • I was known as Black Cat
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    sorry for the late reply we

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    Submitted by ramez.hanna on Tue, 30/08/2005 - 13:17.

    sorry for the late reply
    we use fedora for no specific reason other than i know how to customize it
    i tried mandrake but didn't really like it for no specific reason, i didn't give suse much attention but i felt more confortable with it plus it is very easy to configure

    the best things in life are free --- so as myself

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    Many thanks Ramez :) ----

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    Submitted by Ahmed Hashim on Tue, 30/08/2005 - 13:23.

    Many thanks Ramez :)


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    go mandriva! (i'd recommend s

    Submitted by __null on Mon, 14/11/2005 - 23:08.

    go mandriva! (i'd recommend suse but haven't tried it so far)

    all our workstations at Microaxon are running mandriva 2005! except for a dual boot box running XP for testing purposes.

    to be honst, you might find it a bit hard to find packages that resolve dependancies required by mandriva "contrib" packages (not offcial but they cover a wide range of applications for development) so you might want to bookmark http://rpm.pbone.net/ :)

    ps: if you're after j2ee, then peek at http://www.jpackage.org/ (or the "jpackage" tree at mandriva mirrors.)

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    Thank you, i agree with you

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    Submitted by Ahmed Hashim on Tue, 15/11/2005 - 09:51.

    Thank you, i agree with you that Mandriva will be a good solution.

    Also thanks for JPackage


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    I was a mandrake user for yea

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    Submitted by MSameer on Tue, 15/11/2005 - 11:24.

    I was a mandrake user for years and I never had problems resolving contrib dependencies using "urpmi"

    Can you please give examples ?

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    dbdesigner, mysql administrat

    Submitted by __null on Tue, 15/11/2005 - 11:29.

    dbdesigner, mysql administrator and query browser, ....

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    huh

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    Submitted by Alaa on Tue, 15/11/2005 - 13:59.

    configure remote repositories properly as per easy urpmi

    then run 

    
# urpmi mysql-query-browser mysql-administrator

    it just works, no searching required.

    couldn't find a package named dbdesigner though

    cheers,
    Alaa

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    I did configure them using rp

    Submitted by __null on Tue, 15/11/2005 - 16:18.

    I did configure them using rpmdrake (which uses urpmi as it's backend, AFAIK) before installing the packages (offical updates, addtional sources and custom (contrib)) and yet it fails!

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    here's what i got when trying

    Submitted by __null on Tue, 15/11/2005 - 16:22.

    here's what i got when trying to install QB

    1. urpmi mysql-query-browser Some package requested cannot be installed: mysql-query-browser-1.1.2-2mdk.i586 (due to unsatisfied libpangomm-1.0.so.1) Continue? (Y/n)
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    assuming 2006 version

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    Submitted by Pronco on Wed, 16/11/2005 - 11:56.

    Install libgtkmm2.0_1: 

    # urpmi libgtkmm2.0_1

    The package that has libpangomm file

    - I'm a code junkie security enthusiast

    - http://pronco.manalaa.net

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    The point is, it doesn't not

    Submitted by __null on Wed, 16/11/2005 - 12:08.

    The point is, it doesn't not resolve dependancies automagically, which is one thing why package managers exist! i'm using a statically linked version anyways

    and btw did you try that?

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    indeed

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    Submitted by Pronco on Wed, 16/11/2005 - 12:21.

    The oddity is that its not getting it by itself already

    - I'm a code junkie security enthusiast

    - http://pronco.manalaa.net

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    i think it doesn't unless thi

    Submitted by __null on Wed, 16/11/2005 - 12:30.

    i think it doesn't unless this dependancy is satisfied by an official package!

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    odd

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    Submitted by MSameer on Wed, 16/11/2005 - 13:03.

    What's your Mandrake version ?

    What mirrors are you using ?

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    # uname -a Linux lostandse

    Submitted by __null on Sun, 20/11/2005 - 14:46.
    1. uname -a Linux lostandsearching 2.6.11-6mdksmp #1 SMP Tue Mar 22 15:40:42 CET 2005 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz unknown GNU/Linux
      1. urpmq --list-media Local 1 (these are same as installation CDs but on HDD) Local 2 Local 3 Installation CD1 (cdrom1) Installation CD2 (cdrom2) Installation CD3 (cdrom3) update_source (ftp://mandrake.mirrors.pair.com/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.2/main_updates) LE2005 Contrib (http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/mandrakelinux/official/10.2/i586/media/contrib)
        i'm gonna try some other mirrors and see it works
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