Comment Is installation really that hard? (Score 1) 140
My latest experience with RedHat 5.2 is that for server installs the only problem is the partition thing. X is a bit more complicated although it's getting easier. KDE is super easy because of the scripts and GNOME is a bit more complicated but wasn't difficult either.
My brother which has no Linux experience at all and isn't a power user (although a bit more than the average person) was really surprised at how easy it was to do it.
After having lots of problems with NT (on a new preinstalled IBM Netfinity) working with an accounting app (DOS based) and about same problems with NetWare, I suggested he try Linux. I installed the first machine which is a P166 with 16MB RAM and a big HD. We put on Samba and after a week of testing removed the NT server. It's been a month now with no problems whatsoever. He is really amazed. Even the speed with 14 users doing heavy work is acceptable (although not great - it was the simplest machine we could find). So now he's moving the Netfinity to Linux and he is doing it himself!
He's planning deploying Linux on the other stores he owns. Having the server up for a month without a single reboot or problem conviced him ;-)
My brother which has no Linux experience at all and isn't a power user (although a bit more than the average person) was really surprised at how easy it was to do it.
After having lots of problems with NT (on a new preinstalled IBM Netfinity) working with an accounting app (DOS based) and about same problems with NetWare, I suggested he try Linux. I installed the first machine which is a P166 with 16MB RAM and a big HD. We put on Samba and after a week of testing removed the NT server. It's been a month now with no problems whatsoever. He is really amazed. Even the speed with 14 users doing heavy work is acceptable (although not great - it was the simplest machine we could find). So now he's moving the Netfinity to Linux and he is doing it himself!
He's planning deploying Linux on the other stores he owns. Having the server up for a month without a single reboot or problem conviced him
