Application on Windows

Application on Linux

Adobe FrameMaker

Adobe FrameMaker (on WTS)

Paintshop Pro 8 (Jasc Software)

GIMP 1.2

6.2.5  Windows networking

Windows networks can become quite complex, especially when using roaming 

profiles, Active Directory structures, or when combining several trusted domains. 

In our environment none of these features are in use. From a network services 

integration point of view this makes the switch to Linux relatively easy.

Our migration clients will need to mount existing Windows file server shares, and 

be able to use existing printers also shared by the Windows domain servers. 

Therefore we need the domain name and a valid user for authentication to the 

existing ITSO domain.

The distinct names in this domain are:

Domain name = ITSOAUSNT

Primary domain controller = ITSONT00

Backup domain controllers = ITSONT01,ITSONT02,ITSONT03

User name(s) for residents = ausresxx

We will be using methods described in detail in 4.2,  Integrating with existing 

network services  on page 45, and in Chapter 7,  Integration how tos  on 

page 133, to complete network services integration of the Linux client.

6.3  Performing the migration

In this section we discuss performing the migration.

6.3.1  Basic installation tasks

The first thing to do is complete a base installation from the distribution CDs. In 

the case of Red Hat Desktop, the CD set contains four CDs. Special packages 

for the desktop are available from the Red Hat Network. These contain 

third party applications like Acrobat Reader or Real Player and a set of 

high quality truetype fonts from AGFA. 

During installation we accepted the default selections for application packages 

as defined by the installation program. On our target desktop hardware the Red 

Hat 

Anaconda

 installation program completed the base installation without any 

problems. Also, the Red Hat hardware probing library called

 kudzu

 worked as 

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