This redbook presents the task of migrating clients to Linux within an existing 

Microsoft Windows based environment. In this redbook we do not present an 

entire network migration strategy to Linux based clients and servers. But, it is 

safe to assume that any Linux client migration strategy will likely be part of a 

larger strategic IT infrastructure migration plan, where Linux plays a role in 

supporting enterprise network and application services. In Figure 1 1 we show 

an example infrastructure migration path for converting a Windows NT based 

infrastructure to OSS/Linux. This redbook focuses on the portions of this 

migration path that are within the dotted line box in the figure.

Figure 1 1   Migration route diagram

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Source  The IDA Open Source Migration Guidelines , netproject Ltd   European Communities 

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Linux Client Migration Cookbook   A Practical Planning and Implementation Guide for Migrating to Desktop Linux