Moving to the Linux Business Desktop
Marcel Gagné · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2004
Switch your business to Linux: proven techniques for working IT ProfessionalsThis is the complete technical resource for migrating your business desktops to Linux, administering them efficiently, and using them to drive cost savings throughout your organization. Respected Journal columnist Marcel Gagne walks you step-by-step through planning and managing the transition, getting users up and running, and keeping them happy. Gagne covers hardware, productivity applications, messaging, coexistence with Windows environments, support, and much more. This is also the first book with in-depth coverage of using Terminal Server Project (LTSP) thin clients to dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of computing. Deploy with your existing PCs, printers, and IT/network infrastructure Centrally manage users and security through Webmin's convenient Web interface Deliver reliable email services with Postfix, or integrate mail clients with Microsoft Exchange servers Configure Windows file sharing with Samba, and file sharing with NFS Secure network communications with firewalls and OpenSSH Plan and deploy LTSP thin clients and diskless workstations and the server support for them Provide LDAP directory services to all your clients Support users by remote control-without leaving your deskFrom network security to spam reduction, automated backup/restore to collaboration groupware, Gagne offers specific solutions and proven techniques for leveraging the full power of in your business.Say goodbye to the expense, hassle, and insecurity of Windows desktops! Say hello to business computing the way it's supposed to be-with Linux!About the AuthorMarcel Gagne is best known as the author of the Journal's Cooking with Linux series, winner of the Readers' Choice award for favorite column for three straight years. He has written two highly acclaimed Addison-Wesley books: Moving to and System Administration: A User's Guide.© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.