__/ [ ed ] on Monday 25 September 2006 22:53 \__
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:30:35 -0500
> Gordon <gbplinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I tried installing SLED 10 on my Toshiba tecra 9000 laptop that uses
>> wireless to connect to the LAN. It didn't connect with the wireless
>> card - I had to connect manually, I had trouble setting up an http
>> printer, although the printer was listed in the database, it didn't
>> print. Samba didn't appear to be installed as standard, and it
>> wouldn't see the workgroup without a lot of work. I had to disable
>> ipv6 in Firefox on the default Gnome setting before it would connect
>> to the internet STILL.....they obviously haven't fixed that
>> STILL......Ready for the Enterprise? I don't think so - (K)Ubuntu and
>> PCLinuxOS do all that and more right out of the box. Way to go,
>> Novell.
>
> IMO being ready for enterprise is not finding hardware. It's running
> stable. That's what Linux/BSD, SUS O/S do well.
>
> Of course, being ready for the enterprise is such a vague term, it
> depends totally on what the enterprise does that it's a stupid term. My
> printer works but yours doesn't therefore it's ready IMO, that's such a
> useless term.
>
> If you have to do things to get something working, is that so bad? At
> the end of the process you'll be more informed and have a better idea of
> what the various ehternet/wireless stacks do.
Also remember that you are trying to fit software to hardware that was never
tested for Linux compatibility. For that reason, purachsing a box with Linux
pretested and installed would be a wise move. Published today in CRN:
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| Novell has signed deals with five white-box manufacturers to preload
| and distribute PCs globally with its SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
| operating system, said Justin Steinman, Novell's director of marketing
| for Linux
|
| [...]
|
| Steinman identified one of the PC makers as U.K.-based Transtec but said
| announcements would be coming soon on the other system builders. At
| least 10 more white-box vendors, mostly overseas companies, are in talks
| with Novell, he added.
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http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=193005112
By the way, I bought a machine with SUSE Linux preinstalled. That was over a
year ago and it cost me just 165 quid inclusing shipping and tax. Can Vista
or Mac OS X beat that? I very much doubt it.
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