If your linux distro has wireless support and can connect in a basic fashion to the campus network it should be no big deal.
Assuming you can install and run vmware or parallels for linux on it, you should be able to load any windows OS on it simultaneously to run any windows specific software required (as needed) by any courses.
I guess the basic concept here is, are you trying to NOT run windows at all? If so, is there a course or application required that has specific software that will not run on any other platform (there are a few out there like that). Of course, dual boot is always an option to work around vmware/parallels too.
First off, anyone stupid enough to use Skype and IGNORE their EULA is probably having their bank account cleared out by someone while their on vacation since they are probably VERY careless with their personal data on the Internet too.
It's quite obvious to me how this is used. If the CPU and other hardware information score high enough, this is part of how SKYPE likely uses your PC (oh yeah, violating the terms of service with your ISP at the same time, because you host stuff, right?) to activate the SKYPE Hub-to-Hub protocol.
This is just one of the many reasons why the SKYPE network is untrustworthy, because it's almost impossible to keep your PC from being elevated if they determine your network configuration and hardware profile makes a good candidate as a SKYPE switchboard operator.
It's been suggested they will follow some shareholder advice.
1. Spin-off GroupWise (a profitable product line that needs better marketing) I'm not sure it will sell as well. GroupWise needs more developers attracted which requires marketers and in-house consulting and developers.
2. Spin-off their consulting arm (which is manpower bloated since their acqusitions) which is how they got current their red headed step-child CEO.
3. Reduce head count.
They have money in the bank. Their top product lines (indentity management and portal design/content management applications) are 2-3 times what the market price (very good stuff mind you) is for a "close" product match.
Obviously they always have had issues in successfully marketing. Rumors fly around every 2-3 years that big blue will buy them and Redmond will crush them.
It's better and easier for IBM to continue their "corporate adoption" of Novell, because it keeps Redmond from going ballistic at IBM for being parents. It's also much cheaper for IBM than nuying them. IBM is realstic in the true accounting facts: if IBM bus the company, the product prices go up.
Novell needs to be smart and find ways to lower prices to make more inroads to market share, garner the support of the open-source community (which they have, but find few open-source developers savvy enough to develop for edirectory). Head count is a GREAT place to do that, seeing how they have acquired so many companies in the past few years, something has got to give.
Oh, and I really hope they start picking a product name and sticking with it. Right now they change some product names every 6-9 months. Noone can sell their stuff without asking what the product is named this quarter. Probably a result of different product managers who had their own ideas at product inception.
What would also help them is if they wrote connectors for edirectory to "link" to some of the better known open source projects out there (Mambo/Joomla, Nagios and the like). Then watch people at the corporate level start flocking to Suse with edirectory for web applications instead of the Redmond stuff.
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If your linux distro has wireless support and can connect in a basic fashion to the campus network it should be no big deal. Assuming you can install and run vmware or parallels for linux on it, you should be able to load any windows OS on it simultaneously to run any windows specific software required (as needed) by any courses. I guess the basic concept here is, are you trying to NOT run windows at all? If so, is there a course or application required that has specific software that will not run on any other platform (there are a few out there like that). Of course, dual boot is always an option to work around vmware/parallels too.
First off, anyone stupid enough to use Skype and IGNORE their EULA is probably having their bank account cleared out by someone while their on vacation since they are probably VERY careless with their personal data on the Internet too.
It's quite obvious to me how this is used. If the CPU and other hardware information score high enough, this is part of how SKYPE likely uses your PC (oh yeah, violating the terms of service with your ISP at the same time, because you host stuff, right?) to activate the SKYPE Hub-to-Hub protocol.
This is just one of the many reasons why the SKYPE network is untrustworthy, because it's almost impossible to keep your PC from being elevated if they determine your network configuration and hardware profile makes a good candidate as a SKYPE switchboard operator.
It's been suggested they will follow some shareholder advice. 1. Spin-off GroupWise (a profitable product line that needs better marketing) I'm not sure it will sell as well. GroupWise needs more developers attracted which requires marketers and in-house consulting and developers. 2. Spin-off their consulting arm (which is manpower bloated since their acqusitions) which is how they got current their red headed step-child CEO. 3. Reduce head count. They have money in the bank. Their top product lines (indentity management and portal design/content management applications) are 2-3 times what the market price (very good stuff mind you) is for a "close" product match. Obviously they always have had issues in successfully marketing. Rumors fly around every 2-3 years that big blue will buy them and Redmond will crush them. It's better and easier for IBM to continue their "corporate adoption" of Novell, because it keeps Redmond from going ballistic at IBM for being parents. It's also much cheaper for IBM than nuying them. IBM is realstic in the true accounting facts: if IBM bus the company, the product prices go up. Novell needs to be smart and find ways to lower prices to make more inroads to market share, garner the support of the open-source community (which they have, but find few open-source developers savvy enough to develop for edirectory). Head count is a GREAT place to do that, seeing how they have acquired so many companies in the past few years, something has got to give. Oh, and I really hope they start picking a product name and sticking with it. Right now they change some product names every 6-9 months. Noone can sell their stuff without asking what the product is named this quarter. Probably a result of different product managers who had their own ideas at product inception. What would also help them is if they wrote connectors for edirectory to "link" to some of the better known open source projects out there (Mambo/Joomla, Nagios and the like). Then watch people at the corporate level start flocking to Suse with edirectory for web applications instead of the Redmond stuff.