Table 6 1   Hardware and descriptions

Hardware

Description

PC model

IBM Netvista Type 6759

Processor

Intel Pentium III 866 MHz

Chipset

i810 integrated

Graphics card

i810

Sound card

i810

Optical drive

CD ROM 24x IDE

Floppy

3,5  floppy drive

Harddisk

IDE Harddisk 40 GB

As the graphics and sound controller are integrated with the chipset, we are 

expecting some additional work to identify and install appropriate Linux drivers 

for these devices. A check on the Intel Web site provided us with drivers for 

these two components. All other parts are known to be working, as they are 

standard components.

6.2.4  Application continuity

In Table 6 2, we show our application mapping to support this sample migration 

scenario.

Table 6 2   Application mapping to support sample migration scenario

Application on Windows

Application on Linux

Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1

Outlook 2000

Ximian Evolution 1.4 with Ximian 

Connector for Exchange 2000

Windows Explorer

Nautilus

WinZip

FileRoller

ICQ

Gaim

Microsoft Word 2002

OpenOffice.org 1.1Writer

Microsoft Excel 2002

OpenOffice.org 1.1 Spreadsheet

Microsoft Powerpoint 2002

OpenOffice.org 1.1 Impress

Adobe Reader 6.0

Acrobat Reader 5.08 for Linux

116 

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