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> There are expensive tools for doing things > in Windows that you can do freely on Linux platforms, and you also get > the benefit of being able to customize to your particular set of > circumstances, instead of just the options the authors of Ghost > thought > useful. There are actually plenty of free tools as well, the best one being Linux itself. Linux makes a great tool to help manage Windows. On Jan 19, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Stephen Gran wrote: > On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 07:25:34PM -0500, W. Chris Shank said: >>> But given that you are doing it, it seems in your best interest to >>> make your own life a little easier and use an OS that is actually >>> administerable. >> >> Have you actually ever administered someone else's Linux desktop >> remotely. It's not the same as a Linux server. You need to "see" >> their >> problem, just like on Windows. See how you feel after spending a half >> day trying to get your clients new HP MFC to do network scanning in a >> way that is even begins to approach what they were able to do with >> Windows 98. > > Yes I have, and I agree, it's painful to do remote desktop support for > any OS. So, given that the pain is about the same ... > >> Desktop Linux is no easier to administer than Desktop Windows. Both >> are fairly straightforward if you spend the time to get things setup >> right before it hits the users desk. > > Here I disagree (kind of). There are expensive tools for doing things > in Windows that you can do freely on Linux platforms, and you also get > the benefit of being able to customize to your particular set of > circumstances, instead of just the options the authors of Ghost > thought > useful. I agree that Windows can be made managable with a sane set up > policy and strictly enforced security policies, but from my > (admittedly, > now slightly dated) experiences with it, it has always been harder to > admin than any other OS I've had to work with. The lack of debugging > tools alone puts it at the bottom of my list of recommended choices > when > considering deployments. > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Stephen Gran | Politicians should read > science | > | steve@lobefin.net | fiction, not westerns and > detective | > | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | stories. -- Arthur C. > Clarke | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- W. Chris Shank ACE Technology Group, LLC www.MyRemoteITDept.com (610) 640-4223 ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug