To: DUMBGRUNT
"Moving to Linux will be fairly pricey in the short term, as it is expected to cost more than a half billion dollars (
including hardware upgrades). "
Just what hardware will need to be upgraded to go from Win7 to Linux?
3 posted on
05/19/2019 9:00:59 AM PDT by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
(including hardware upgrades)
That is weird. Linux needs far fewer hardware resources than Windows. Software could be an issue. The only thing I could think of is existing hardware that is Windows only. I have a Fujitsu sheetfed scanner that is incompatible with Linux, for instance (no driver available). The old Winmodems were software based and would not work with Linux. That's a pretty small slice of the pie.
5 posted on
05/19/2019 9:06:17 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Paladin2
Just what hardware will need to be upgraded to go from Win7 to Linux? Nothing special. Linux will happily run on old hardware so relatively modern hardware will have no problems.
6 posted on
05/19/2019 9:08:14 AM PDT by
plsvn
To: Paladin2
Good catch.
One of the great things about Linux is that system requirements are quite minimal.
One of the three computers I have here at my home desk is more than 20 years old and it runs Linux just fine.
10 posted on
05/19/2019 9:18:52 AM PDT by
2111USMC
(Aim Small Miss Small)
To: Paladin2
Yes, Lubuntu. and many others work well on older iron?
11 posted on
05/19/2019 9:19:01 AM PDT by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: Paladin2
They might have to get new printers, but so what? Printers need periodic replacing in high-density business operations anyway. Linux/Ubuntu printer drivers are the only significant hurdle I had to deal with.
24 posted on
05/19/2019 10:05:02 AM PDT by
Tallguy
(Facts be d*mned! The narrative of the day must be preserved!)
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