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This article shows you what are the top 10 points for attention when the company turns to the Linux platform. The content is concise and easy to understand, which will definitely brighten your eyes. I hope you can get something through the detailed introduction of this article.

The economic crisis is on the one hand, everyone is tightening their belts to save money, Microsoft has also come to the "black screen incident." Now many companies are considering migrating the platform to Linux for various reasons such as reduction, which I have introduced to you in the previous article. Although many people think that Linux is superior to Windows, you should think carefully before changing the platform. Otherwise * you may find that you have to go back to the original platform. If you are considering migrating to the Linux platform, you should pay attention to the following ten questions:

1. Can those private, critical programs run on the new platform?

One of the things that must be considered when considering platform migration is: yes, most software may have similar programs that can be used on the Linux platform. For example, photoshop can be replaced by Gimp, and Adobe Pagemaker can be replaced by Scribus. However, some specific software does not have a cross-platform version on the Linux platform, in which case you have to use Wine, or a virtual machine, to run programs on windows. But it takes a lot of time and effort, and sometimes it doesn't work very well, especially when using Wine.

If your key program is developed specifically for windows, then * do not migrate the platform so that the software can be used properly, of course, if the key software is based on WEB, then you can migrate, because using Firefox can achieve the same effect as IE.

2. Which desktop environment do you plan to use?

For windows and Mac OS X, the desktop is a good choice, but for Linux, which has a large number of distributions, the choice is even wider. If you choose the wrong desktop environment, your productivity may be much lower, but it is not difficult to choose the right desktop.

If your users were used to using Mac OS X, then * choose Gnome;. If you were used to using XP, then * choose KDE 3. five. X; if you are used to Vista, then the choice of * * is KDE4. X . Customization of the Linux desktop environment can go beyond windows and Mac OS X. You can use your imagination to customize a special desktop environment for your company. But based on this, you must first count in depth what kind of desktop environment users like to use.

3. Is your department competent for this platform?

The possible problem with moving to the Linux platform is that employees may not be able to change their habits with the platform without additional training. If the employee knows windows well, it doesn't mean that he can manage the Linux system and network well. If you plan to migrate the platform, first find out how much employees know about the new operating system. If they don't know much about it, they will encounter a lot of trouble both during and after the migration. We certainly want our employees to be proficient in all the technologies, but the reality is that most IT experts are only proficient in their own areas of research. But for most IT administrators, using Linux is certainly not difficult.

Does your company benefit from Windows system?

Whether or not many companies and organizations benefit from using windows systems is not immediately apparent. For example, many universities provide students with a lot of software, similar to Visual Studio and Ofiice, deployed on school computers. If the platform is migrated, the software will be scrapped and the loss will be huge. Of course, if you use Linux, you will get free software support, which can save a lot of money.

5. Do employees use many portable media devices?

Linux has greatly improved the support of multimedia devices, but it is still not as convenient as windows. Many new Linux distributions do well, removable disk installation and use is a simple matter, these processes are fully automated. If many employees use removable disks, they will have to choose a distribution that supports these devices well, such as Mandriva.

6. Does your hardware support the new platform?

Generally speaking, this is no longer a problem, but it is a problem for companies that use cheap hardware to save costs. In most cases, the problem of * is to integrate video cards. Although it is not a big problem to upgrade video cards, if the company has too many machines, it will certainly cost a lot of money to upgrade graphics cards in order to migrate the system.

In addition, if the deployment on the laptop is also a big obstacle, can the wireless network card be used? Can all sound cards and graphics cards work properly? Happily, Linux can use LiveCD, which you can use to test whether your hardware supports the appropriate system.

7. Are you using Active Directory?

If your company relies heavily on Active Directory, it will be difficult to migrate OpenLDAP from Active Directory because their functionality is inconsistent. If you have to do this migration, you can use pwdump2 and ActiveState Perl to manage it. But don't expect to do it by typing a simple command or clicking an icon.

8. Do you outsource technical support?

A lot of companies spend money on outsourced technical support, so if this is the case with your company, investigate before moving to Linux. If you plan to use Unbuntu,RedHat, or Novell Linux, then you can buy technical support. But for other distributions, you may not be able to get the same level of technical support, most of which are supported by email.

9. Are you subject to the license fee of the software?

If you have entered into a contract with a security company to buy security software, you are wasting your money because these services may not be used in Linux. If you are still paying for security software, then * * migrate the platform, which can save you a lot of money on security services.

10. Which employees can adapt to the platform migration?

In fact, you can control the scope of the platform migration and make it smarter and more efficient. Maybe many employees can adapt to the requirements of migration, for example, it mainly works based on web browsers, and you can include it as the object of platform migration, which doesn't change much for them. For employees who often work with office suites, they can avoid platform migration or use OpenOffice instead. For those who use professional software, do not migrate the platform.

The above is the top 10 points for attention in the company's transition to the Linux platform. Have you learned any knowledge or skills? If you want to learn more skills or enrich your knowledge reserve, you are welcome to follow the industry information channel.

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