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FedoraNews: Windows to Linux, Remastering Knoppix, Personal Linux

[ Thanks to Thomas
Chung
for this link. ]

“Jon Walker at the beginning of his talk indicated that he
wanted his presentation to be interactive and though sometimes
interactive presentations can lead astray everything stayed on
track. Walker looked at the ‘best practices’ of Linux desktop
migrations and the technical issues associated with migration. This
big picture view can be used for any desktop migration including
Linux to Linux or Windows to Windows migrations as the issues are
similar.

“One of the first things to consider is the best approach to
your migration and Walker identified three types of migrations. The
first being what Walker called the ‘Big Bang’ or ‘rip and replace’
method in which there is no migration but a complete replacement of
the desktops…”

Complete
Story

Related Story:
FedoraNews:
The 3rd Annual Southern California Linux Exposition
(Feb 21,
2005)

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