Linux on Production Workstations

[I.Ioannou]

Michalis Kabrianis wrote:
> 
> > Αυτό το θέμα συκώνει πολύ συζήτηση και είναι από τα πλέον σημαντικά.
> 
> Ναι μπράβο, γι' αυτό είπα να γίνει εδώ η συζήτηση.

Na pw kai tin dikia mou empeiria, h opoia basizetai omws se 
poly eidikes synthikes : Mono linux, toso se server oso kai 
se clients, kde , kai oi perisoteroi xristes douleuoun 
me telnet, vi, kai scripts eidika fiagmena na tous dieykolynoun.

Ta problimata ? Basika theleis ena pilotiko mixanima gia arxi.
Stisto, pedepse to poly, kai klonopoihse to. Kai edw arxizei to 
megalo problima, giati egw me 60 clients, kai kamia 20ria laptops
an exw kataferei na brw identical hardware se 20-30 apo auta einai
zitima
(sta laptops na deis ti ginetai)

Tha milisw poio sygkekrimena : exw molis kanei metabasi se 3 windows
users (oi monoi pou eixane windows) se Linux+KDE+StarOffice.
To kalo einai oti kaneis den polyendiaferetai gia Ellinika, kai 
h lysi pou tous edwsa htane ypotipwdhs : xrisimopoihse ta type1 fonts
tou
graphis kai mono an thes Ellinika.
Alla exw arxisei na exw diafora problimata me to SO  :
unstable simperifora, ektypwseis se postscript pou
typwnontai se merikous mono ektypwstes, h gia oxi postscript printers
pou den exw drivers - exw kataliksei na xrisimopoiw mono LJ2100 
- alla ayto einai allo kapelo : prepei na exeis standard hardware
gia na exeis kai koino support.

Web selides, kai den milaw sto na blepoun Ellinika, 
ayto einai to aploustero, milaw gia Java, flash, plugins, xafnika
crashes
(pigene px sto on-line shop tou ote me energopoihmenh java na
katalabeis)
Edw tous dinw 3 lyseis kai elpizw sto kalytero (SO, netscape, KFM)

Mail : staroffice gia tous logous pou anefera se allo thread
(attachments
kai intergration). Alla opws elega exw kataliksei me ena inbox 49MB 
kai ena outbox 32MB, paroti ta exw katharisei !!
Na peis oti tous bazeis allo mailer (px netscape) prepei na katseis na
ton 
setareis gia olla ta pithana mime file types, kai ante se laptop me 64MB
na 
anoikseis kai netscape kai StarOffice kai KDE :-(

Ektypwseis Ellinikwn web pages : mono apo StarOffice, 
kai oxi polla polla, ee (ginomai fasistas :-) )

Sound+dvd+cdplayer+games+asteiakia apo to internet+kartoules,
programmata.exe 
klp : apagoreyontai dia ropalou, kai an sas aresei, to mixanima einai
gia epaggelamtikous logous, oxi gia proswpiki xrisi. Company policy.

An me strimoxoun na exw ena special windows programma kai den mporw
na dwsw Linux lisi, exw ena windows server me vnc kai to trexw ekei panw
:-)
An einai dos me dosemu ston client (exw 2 tetoies periptwseis kai 
prospathw na tis katargisw)

Diskettes kai CD : mou bgazoun tin pisti na katalaboun pws prepei
na kanoun click sto icon tis diskettas, kai meta umount prin tin bgaloun
:-(

Kai ti ginetai otan to mixanima einai laptop, o user einai stin
Aggola, kai thelei manual fsck apo ton root ? Edw se thelw :-))

Opws ti ginetai otan tou exeis setarei ta mails na feygoun me sendmail
kai den exei katalabei oti prepei na dwsei xrono sto sistima
na kanei flash tin mail queue, kai oxi na kleisei tin sindesi amesws ?
(ksendmail)
H ante na tou dwseis na katalabei pws na douleuei to kppp :-)

Ayta, elpizw na boithisa. Ginetai, alla thelei arketo kopo,
antistrofws analogo me tis gnwseis toy xristi

roryt