[wplug] Linux Client Image Advice

[Don Shepherd]

Lauren,

I work for Oracle and may be able to help you.  Please contact me 
directly at donald.shepherd at oracle.com or 412.979.1361

--Don Shepherd


Ritchie, Lauren wrote:

> Thank you for your responses...so helpful! However, i am not sure why 
> my boss chose ES, he said it for certain that he is investing in 
> redhat, and at least ES (this is only my 4th day). As for 11i, this is 
> the first time ive heard of it, and yes its for oracle. As far as the 
> back up, that im not sure of, its something ill have to ask him (my 
> boss) more about! Thanks again. And yes it sounds as though im startin 
> out as a system admin...its just an intern for the summer, until i go 
> to back to school but we'll see!
>
> Lauren
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James O'Kane [mailto:jo2y at midnightlinux.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:49 PM
> To: General user list
> Subject: Re: [wplug] Linux Client Image Advice
>
>
> On Wed, 26 May 2004, Ritchie, Lauren wrote:
>
> > Hi, i am an intern this summer at a company  in Huntingdon Pa, and i am
> > working with linux. I have to work with old pc's, that are still 
> usuable
> > just old, so we are putting linux on them, most likely redhat 
> enterprise ES.
>
> I'm curious why RHEL ES was chosen? The list below sounds like these
> machines will be desktops, and ES can get expensive for that.
>
> > My job is to find the best:
> >
> > email client (one like outlook, only for linux)
>
> 'like outlook' can mean a few things. You probably mean look and feel in
> which case, I think Evolution is the answer you'll most likely hear.
>
> > be configured to accept network IPs, gateways, etc
>
> Do you mean configured to access a network? Or some kind of gui that
> allows these setting to be changed?
>
> > access to local shared drives
>
> Judging from the outlook reference above, I'm guessing you mean Windows
> shares? Look into samba.
>
> > have a browser to be able to run browser based applications (i.e. 11i)
>
> What is 11i? A quick search turns up HP-UX 11i and Oracle 11i. I'm
> guessing that you mean Oracle as I've seen several browser add-ons for IE
> that deal with Oracle. This I'm not sure what to suggest. If they are in
> reality java, then you might be able to get mozilla to play nice. If they
> are ActiveX or some other IE specific interface, you might be out of luck
> unless you can get IE to run under Wine or CrossOver Office
> (http://www.codeweavers.com).
>
> > have backup process for data files and
>
> This is a large question that can't be answered without more detail.
> Backing up to a locally connected tape drive is different than trying to
> integrate these machines into an existing backup setup, for example. tar
> that you mention below might be part of the solution, but it might not.
>
> > automated process to install image onto an old PC
>
> Look into Red Hat's automated installed called kickstart.
>
>
> Since it sounds like you're just starting out as a systems administrator,
> I'd suggest investing in books. Almost anything from O'Reilly is good.
>
> Here are a few that are relevant to the above. I've read and own all but
> the last one (which was only published last month).
>
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esa3/
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linag2/
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/unixbr/
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxnut4/
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnredhatentlnx/
>
>
> -james
>
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