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A clarification...
A clarification... Photo from lukeisback.com (c) 2007, licensed under CC Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5
A clarification...
Agenda ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Motivations
Image by Xander on Wikimedia Commons
John Goerzen's backyard
$300,000
Benefits
Single System Image Public Domain - US Gvmt
Hot Desking
Reliability & Downtime Public Domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Making It Work: Community
Is Linux a cheap Windows?
No!
Take advantage of Linux
We've Contributed ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
These were solid investments.
Making It Work: Technology
Debian
SystemImager
Gnome
OpenOffice
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hardware ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Making It Work: Management
What is risky? Photo by René Ehrhardt on Flickr - CC Attribution 2.0 Generic
"Convert Me First" Photo by Joi on Flickr - CC Attribution 2.0 Generic
Making It Work: End Users
Prep
“User Terror” Photo by  paolo màrgari on Flickr - CC by-sa 2.0
Deployment Strategy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Making It Work: Supporting Linux Desktops
Rebooting:  Not The First Thing to Try Photo by skyfaller on Flickr - CC by-sa 2.0
Logfiles - which, where, and when Photo by hamilton.lima on Flickr - CC by-sa 2.0
Did It Work?
A year later...
Did It Work? The specifics...
Things that we don't like ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Things that were OK ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Things that were OK ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Things that worked well
Viruses?  What viruses?
Stealth Support Photo by kevin.j on Flickr - CC by-sa 2.0
Things that worked well ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Things that worked well ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
So... Did it work?
“ I can't imagine going back”
Questions? ,[object Object]

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