Comments on: Linux at work again! http://evan.bottch.com/2008/07/12/linux-at-work-again/ // TODO: think of a witty and intelligent tagline Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:32:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Evan Bottcher » Blog Archive » Danger Will Robinson http://evan.bottch.com/2008/07/12/linux-at-work-again/comment-page-1/#comment-762 Evan Bottcher » Blog Archive » Danger Will Robinson Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:37:23 +0000 http://evan.bottch.com/?p=56#comment-762 [...] wrote my previous post about running linux on my desktop a couple of weeks back and realise I didn’t put a [...] [...] wrote my previous post about running linux on my desktop a couple of weeks back and realise I didn’t put a [...]

]]> By: Anthony Williams http://evan.bottch.com/2008/07/12/linux-at-work-again/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Anthony Williams Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:09:16 +0000 http://evan.bottch.com/?p=56#comment-760 If you do this, you have to be wary of the Windows Licence Activation stuff. Obviously you didn't find it problematic, but when I tried this I had to reactivate Windows XP several times, as it detected new hardware: not just when I first loaded it under VMWare, but then again when I booted back to native Windows, and *again* when I next ran it under VMWare. This required phone calls to Microsoft to say "yes I really am only running Windows on one machine, *please* can I have an activation code" to get it running properly again, as I had now exceeded the permitted automatic reactivation count. If you do this, you have to be wary of the Windows Licence Activation stuff. Obviously you didn’t find it problematic, but when I tried this I had to reactivate Windows XP several times, as it detected new hardware: not just when I first loaded it under VMWare, but then again when I booted back to native Windows, and *again* when I next ran it under VMWare. This required phone calls to Microsoft to say “yes I really am only running Windows on one machine, *please* can I have an activation code” to get it running properly again, as I had now exceeded the permitted automatic reactivation count.

]]> By: evan http://evan.bottch.com/2008/07/12/linux-at-work-again/comment-page-1/#comment-759 evan Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:15:00 +0000 http://evan.bottch.com/?p=56#comment-759 Evolution seems to work fine accessing the global address book via LDAP (active directory) but it does hang occasionally. I could accept meeting invites and maintain my calendar okay, but very difficult to create/update group invitations. Yeah I've used ies4linux exactly for this purpose, but find it regularly goes into a spin chewing cpu and ram. Webmail even under IE is no substitute for Outlook IMHO. Thanks for the suggestions! Evolution seems to work fine accessing the global address book via LDAP (active directory) but it does hang occasionally. I could accept meeting invites and maintain my calendar okay, but very difficult to create/update group invitations.

Yeah I’ve used ies4linux exactly for this purpose, but find it regularly goes into a spin chewing cpu and ram. Webmail even under IE is no substitute for Outlook IMHO.

Thanks for the suggestions!

]]> By: The Punch Barrel / Evan Bottcher » Blog Archive » Linux at work again! http://evan.bottch.com/2008/07/12/linux-at-work-again/comment-page-1/#comment-758 The Punch Barrel / Evan Bottcher » Blog Archive » Linux at work again! Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:15:22 +0000 http://evan.bottch.com/?p=56#comment-758 [...] Evan Bottcher » Blog Archive » Linux at work again! [...] [...] Evan Bottcher » Blog Archive » Linux at work again! [...]

]]> By: Phillip Calçado http://evan.bottch.com/2008/07/12/linux-at-work-again/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Phillip Calçado Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:16:28 +0000 http://evan.bottch.com/?p=56#comment-757 Hey, emacs rocks! I've used Evolution with outlook for quite a while. The only *really* annoying thing is that you can't access the global address book and you have to type the correct email address of everyone. Meetings, schedule and send/receive mail were never a problem. One thing that may ease the pain is using IE under Linux. Outlook webmail is *way* better in IE. http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page cheers Hey, emacs rocks!

I’ve used Evolution with outlook for quite a while. The only *really* annoying thing is that you can’t access the global address book and you have to type the correct email address of everyone. Meetings, schedule and send/receive mail were never a problem.

One thing that may ease the pain is using IE under Linux. Outlook webmail is *way* better in IE.

http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page

cheers

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