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What you want here is exactly what RedHat, Novell, Linspire, etc. all build their business around. RedHat and Novell both offer Enterprise level support for both Desktops and Servers (RHEL installs on both, SuSE has SLES and SLED). As for distributed rendering, Linux runs on, IIRC, 4 or 5 of the top 10 supercomputers. No other OS has anywhere near the share of top HPC's. I garauntee that Linux clusters or distributed envrinments will perform better for less than you Apple solution.I am starting up an advertising company of sorts. I would run Linux, however I need 24/7 support, for both software, and hardware. I do not have time to run through the forums, ask questions, get flamed, or called a n00b, when I am just trying to conduct my business. There are some definate pluses to working with a company that has to worry about customer service. I am also working now with a few XServes, I have an XRAID set up, and I am running XGrid with a few nodes, hopefully more to come in the future. When rendering out projects I need to be able to distribute my computing task from both Apple and Third party software. OS X Server does that for me, no additional software, and very minor setup.
Compatibility? If there isn't a Linux app that does exactly what you need already, run Wine. Almost all of the apps you could want to run will work under Wine. As for Command line, I said it earlier, I installed Freespire earlier and never once touched the command line.97AccorDEx said:yea...im pretty much with the crowd here...compatability...laziness...a nd i also dont really care to go with the command line structure...even though it is a hell of a lot faster...i just prefer point and click...
I am getting a machine to run/learn linux on, and was wondering what distro would be the easiest most user friendly to start with. I've read Ubuntu is decent. I'm not really code savvy, but can find my way through it if need be.
OpenOffice will read all MS Office files... What else do you have that is MS only?Gotta be 100% compatible with files at work...
The only reason I would suggest Freespire over Ubuntu is that they give access to anything (including proprietary drivers) without any extra configuration. Freespire is for those that absolutely detest configuration files (even without the command line). Personally, I agree that Ubuntu (Kubuntu for me) if a better choice and is more inline with the Free Software idea.I'd start with ubuntu, I've tried linspire and freespire, fedora, I feel the package managment system for ubuntu is just far better than other distros. aptitude imho is just easier than linspire's cnr. and if a package isn't avaliable you can try and find an .rpm package and use checkinstall to easily install the program with aptitude. Suse's Yast is pretty good too. But in the long run I like that ubuntu is absolutely free.
so for starters I'd go with ubuntu or suse. only reason suse is #2 is becasue you need to pay a subscription to recieve updates
so for starters I'd go with ubuntu or suse. only reason suse is #2 is becasue you need to pay a subscription to recieve updates
I have played several games under Wine, it can take some tweeking, but for the most part it works fine. I get better performance without the virtual machine so for gaming I still run XP (all it is for is gaming anyways). As for CAD, if Lotus Notes can be stable under Wine, I am sure that your CAD program would work fine.True- don't really want to run WINE just to run MS only stuff, especially when it comes to touchy things like CAD packages and games.
I have played several games under Wine, it can take some tweeking, but for the most part it works fine. I get better performance without the virtual machine so for gaming I still run XP (all it is for is gaming anyways). As for CAD, if Lotus Notes can be stable under Wine, I am sure that your CAD program would work fine.
Depends on the CAD program. AutoDesk, maybe will be fine, as it isn't very graphics intensive. Pro-E, Catia, Solidworks, and any other solid modelling 3D CAD might have trouble with the virtual desktop. But I am not familiar with how much of the processor load the virtual desktop actually uses, so it may or may not be an issue. Build a linux machine, Mike! Even I'm getting on the linux bandwagon, lol! I'll load SolidWorks, and tell you how it runs. Which CAD program does Lockheed use? I'm guessing Catia.