[CS-FSLUG] article on current mission news

[Josiah Ritchie]

monfieth scripted ::

>Dear Brin, Our organization will be going over to Linux  eventualy.
>The first step was to install Abiword, Opera, Mozilla, and Open
>Office, in some sort of combination on all machines to get rid of
>license cost problems, plus they can operate on windows or Linux.
>Next step is to install, Linux software on Compaq servers we have
>been given.  Samba will aleviate any possable need for communication
>between any needed ms
> type programs.  The office stuff, mailing lists, all that can go on 
>Linux.  Currently the organizational accounting, tax stuff, pay 
>packets, will have to stay ms, till replacements can be found.  The 
>school may go over to the Debian diskless project, or tight
>permissions as some of the students are trashing the machines trying
>to get past the internet filtering software .  Pre insalling Linux
>with one desktop and no uneeded software will lighten the load and is
>no more difficult than windoze.  Not crashing will end the field
>reinstalls and make things generaly easier.

I can relate to this story, except he's gotten further with it than I.
All I've got open-sourced on the desktop is Jabber and most don't
use that. :-) 

JSR/