<div dir="ltr">Allen,<div><br></div><div>Trying to keep it simple. Also this is 5-8 year old hardware, so probably not enough resources to run VM's and my concern is more about there being no more security updates for XP after next month. I suppose running XP in a VM that is locked out of the internet would be an approach that could get around the security concerns, but the performance hit on our hardware, would be too painful.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Beddingfield, Allen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:allen@ua.edu" target="_blank">allen@ua.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Have you considered just putting an XP VM on each workstation, and letting them run the accounting software in that? Maybe remove the default route from the VM's network config, or use some other method to prevent them accessing the internet inside the VM.<br>
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Jim, your point is to "make a clean break" so they KNOW they are living in a better world as it were? I can see merit to that approach, especially when trying to create "Linux Evangilists," but sometimes it is "hard to teach old dogs new tricks."<br>
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Regarding the accounting software, I wasn't looking to convert, but hopefully run the windows based program we have [in WINE] under Linux.<br>
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</div><div class="">On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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I have a unique view on transitioning people to Linux from <other>.<br>
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Don't provide a desktop that looks similar. Provide a clean, well functioning desktop that is Linux. Don't try and make them thing they are using "old tried and true but seriously broken". Make sure they are fully aware they using the new hotness.<br>
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Accounting software transition will be ugly. None use a format that can be imported into another. Best bet is to use a windows server with terminal server licensing and use Remmina remote desktop for access.<br>
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</div><div class="">On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Greg Clifton <<a href="mailto:gccfof5@gmail.com">gccfof5@gmail.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:gccfof5@gmail.com">gccfof5@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
OK, so M$ puts a steak in the heart of XP next month.<br>
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Unfortunately, my office and most of our customers are still running Win XP, through Win 7 downgrade option.<br>
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So, I am looking at options. I saw an article on Zorin OS the other day as a look alike and pretty much work alike replacement for XP with Wine and PlayOnLinux built in. Maybe I could use this to "wean" the boss off of Windows.<br>
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No need to flame on M$, I just looking for suggestions on a safe/easy transition out the Windows world that can run on 5 year old hardware. Any other suggestions for a platform move that could still run Windows apps (mostly Business Vision accounting software) under Linux, hopefully with minimal disruption?<br>
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