[GRLUG] Using Ubuntu instead of windows at work.

[Dagny Scott]

If you want to know if a particular piece of software will work with Wine,
http://appdb.winehq.org/ is a great resource. It will tell you not only how
likely you are to get it working, but also any extra steps you may have to
take.

Dagny

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Michael Glaske <mglaske at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all, I have been a 'lurker' for a while, gone to a couple meetings,
>  would like to go to more, but family/kids/work/dogs/house/life...
>
> In any case, since 90% of my job at my work is about supporting systems
> that are run largely on Ubuntu, Oracle EL, RedHat, it would be feasible to
> run Ubuntu on my desktop.  Although, I have been out of the 'Linux desktop'
> space for probably 6-8 years, and I don't really know what's out there.  I
> have Ubuntu 11.10 loaded dual-boot on my work laptop, and have
> begun acquiring tools, but I would like to ask the group what software they
> use, hopefully saving me MANY hours of installing, testing, and removing
> software that doesn't fit my needs.
>
> So.  What I need to do my work is this:
>
> 1. Connectivity to Exchange 2007, so I can use email, contact, calendars,
> meeting scheduling, etc.
>  - I have found a couple options, Evolution w/ Exchange MAPI add on, which
> seem very buggy.  IMAP which is not really acceptable, or using actual
> Outlook itself through Crossover.
>
> 2. Connectivity to Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 OCS
>  - Look like empathy is supposed to do this with a SIPE plugin, but I have
> installed it, and it's not connecting.  I do have the sipe plugin working on
> my windows box through pidgin however, so I know it's possible.
>
> 3. SecureCRT or something like it for SSH/SFTP connectivity.  Needs to have
> a nice directory tree where I can sort our 300-400 servers into folders for
> easy use.
>  - Installed SecureCRT from Vandyke on Ubuntu, but it locks up parts of X
> when run, so maybe it's not ideal.
>
> 4. RDP Client like RoyalTS, where I can sort our 100 or so windows servers
> into groups, and each RDP session is contained within the window so I don't
> wind up with 20 windows open (too hard to manage)
>
> 5. Office, word processing, spreadsheet.
>  - Libre office seems quite nice, so I think I'm all set here.
>
> 6. Visio and Project :(
>
> 7. VMWare Virtual Infrastructure Client.
>
> 8. NetAPP Storage Manager
>
> 9. Windows Domain tools (ADUC, DNS, DHCP, DFS, GPMC,
> Exchange Management Console)
>  - (ugh. probably have to be in a VM of some type, looking
> for recommendations.  I like Oracle's Virtual Box, but haven't looked for
> a Linux version)
>
> 10. Connectivity for Cisco VPN on ASA.
>  - Standard IPSEC VPN tools will probably work, but I haven't looked for
> any.
>
> 11. Good LDAP Manager.  Is there Apache Directory Studio for linux?
>
> 12. Cisco IP Communicator (soft-phone) - probably not. :(
>
> 13. A nice multi-time-zone clock that stays on the desktop.  I use Qlock on
> windows, and it's perfect.
>
> 14. A nice on-desktop task reminder list.  I use 'rainlendar' on windows,
> which I just found, and is awesome!
>
> I think that's about it.  Some of this stuff just isn't possible on linux
> for licensing or other stupid reasons. So I think I will have to run a VM of
> some type, so suggestions on that front would be awesome.  How far has WINE
> come ?  Ideally I would like to not have to boot up a huge secondary OS if I
> don't have to.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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