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Reducing The Negative Impact of Laptops
Mark Brunelli wrote to mention a SearchEnterpriseLinux column about reducing the negative impact laptops can have on a network's security. From the article: "Portable computers often become an extension of the person using them. It is no surprise that laptop users are inclined to be rather autonomously minded. Many users don't realize that the power they have to install software and change settings is risk prone. Fortunately, larger corporations that install Microsoft Windows XP Professional usually don't grant the laptop user full administrative rights. The same cannot be said of smaller businesses, many of which simply purchase laptops from the local store -- laptops pre-installed with Windows XP Home Edition. "
The last time I tried to install debian the install went reletivly quicly, but afterwards it took me 2 hours to get X work with my video card, and I still can't get the sound working. I'm sure an expert would have been able to do this much faster, and maybe even get my sound working, but most computer users aren't expererts, and believe it or not, most don't even know linux experts. Linux is just not a viable desktop option for the vast majority of the users out there, and I'm not sure it ever will be.
"It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists." -Ludwig Wittgenstein
my understanding is that xp home sucks when it comes to networking. i used it for a short while and it locked up every single time i tried to access another machine via lan.