What is the best distro for my business manager?

John J. Boyer john.boyer at abilitiessoft.com
Sun Nov 25 23:48:53 UTC 2012


Thanks. I'll be lookking for that post. 

I am using CentOS 5.8 on both my office Linux machine and on a server in 
the cloud. I think it is best to stick with an enterprise distro. I'm 
going to get a CD for CentOS 6.3 and then decide how to make the 
transsition from Windows on my other office machine. I do have to keep 
Windows for testing software.

John

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 04:55:31PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> It'll take me a couple days to download and check out sonar linux and if I 
> can get it working I'll post the version of libreoffice they're using 
> after I check out its accessibility.On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, John J. Boyer 
> wrote:
> 
> > When I went to the home page for LibreOffice and then to download and 
> > then to rpm 386/64, ehen to english there was only a pre-release 
> > version. A wikipedia article said it was only 5 days old. There is no 
> > information about accessibility. It looks like LibreOffice needs more 
> > time to ripen.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:13:24PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > > grml under these criteria is another distro to consider.  It's a security 
> > > hardened version of debian.  Basic installation gets a command line 
> > > interface and then the installers cn install the other parts needed on top 
> > > of the command line interface.  Last time I checked grml was still being 
> > > maintained.On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Jason White wrote:
> > > 
> > > > John J. Boyer <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > >I'm getting sick of dealing with Windows. My business manager is 
> > > > >agreeable to a switch, using OpenOffice. What is the best Linux distro 
> > > > >for someone who does mostly wordprocessing, online shopping, email and 
> > > > >accounting?
> > > > 
> > > > My suggestion would be to start with a good, well-maintained distribution such
> > > > as Debian or Fedora, then install the desktop environment and applications of
> > > > your choice. Others have already made suggestions in regard to those.
> > > > 
> > > > If you want extra stability, then choose one of the "enterprise"
> > > > distributions, or a derivative, or Debian stable or even Ubuntu LTS.
> > > > 
> > > > I think it's better to start by choosing a desktop environment and
> > > > applications, then a distribution based on its maintenance policy, packaging
> > > > system and other features.
> > > > 
> > > > I'd personally choose either Debian or Red Hat/Fedora, or maybe OpenSUSE/Suse
> > > > (although I haven't had any experience with SUSE in any of its forms). They're
> > > > the long-term players who have the most experience and expertise from the
> > > > kernel level through to the application level.
> > > > 
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Abilitiessoft, Inc.
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Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities




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