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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.
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