What's that saying about shutting a door and opening a window? On enterprise desktops, many people are shutting their Windows and opening their doors to a penguin -- Tux. Find out how to invite the penguin to your desk in this handy learning guide.
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Trends & Issues
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- Perens on desktop adoption trends
- Desktop Linux breaking ground
- Pilot projects, success stories grow around Linux desktop
- Why the enterprise Linux desktop is possible
- Desktop Linux gaining momentum
- Friedman: Expectations rising over Linux desktop
- Thinning down the Linux desktop
Distributions
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- A tour of Linux desktop distributions
- DistroWatch.com
- Can a geek love Xandros?
- New Lindows reaching out to users, resellers
- Knoppix: Instant gratification
- Debian GNU Linux: Not just another pretty face
- Slackware Linux
- Inside Lineox Linux
- New on the scene: Ark Linux desktop
GUI
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- All about KDE
- Why I prefer GNOME over KDE
- Why choose GNOME?
- KDE 3.2: A user's perspective
- KDE Quick Start guide
Installation
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Windows vs. Linux
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- Windows versus Linux: What works best?
- Main strengths of Linux over Windows on desktop
- Linux vs. Windows XP: My Linux desktop odyssey, 2004
Integration and interoperability
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- Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) in Linux, Linux desktops with MS SQL Server?
- Drives and interoperability
- Can Linux connect to a MS-VPN server as a client?
- Can I run both MS Office and OpenOffice?
Migration
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Office suites
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- Sun/StarOffice vs.Intel/MS Office
- StarOffice 7 is far faster and friendlier than SO 6
- Can OpenOffice filter for WordPerfect?
- Can I run both MS Office and OpenOffice on one machine?
- Can StarOffice or OpenOffice open MS Publisher files?
- Lightweight OpenOffice format file viewers or browser plug-ins?
- OpenOffice vs. StarOffice for cost, bilingual use
- StarOffice: The best and worst of Office
- Sharing OpenOffice documents
- What to do if OpenOffice freezes
- OpenOffice training
- OpenOffice training tips
E-mail
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Enterprise desktops in action: Projects,
success stories
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- Austin chooses Linux desktops
- Organization moves to Linux-based thin clients
- Thin Linux implementation right prescription for doctors
Administration
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- Mozilla goes hand-in-hand with deploying Linux desktops, author says
- More management apps for Linux desktops coming
- Remote control of Telnet or SSH logins in Linux
- Why does Mozilla look different on some apps?
Security
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