Re: Debian in small/medium business

2015-03-05 Thread John Foster
I'm unfamiliar with what a "spares" business is, so I will offer these generalized suggestions. First of all I agree totally with the other poster "David Christensen" about things you should consider. The single most important thing with any business system is reliability, of everything!! Hardw

Re: Debian in small/medium business

2015-03-04 Thread David Christensen
On 03/04/2015 06:36 PM, David Christensen wrote: 4. Don't update/ upgrade the machines unless your POS vendor tells you to do so, and only with the *exact* patches they have verified. Better yet, pay them to do it. 5. Backup, image, and archive religiously. Even if you pay your POS vendor to

Re: Debian in small/medium business

2015-03-04 Thread David Christensen
On 03/04/2015 12:30 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 10:51:21AM -0800, Victor Charles wrote: I'm starting my own spares business soon and will be using a Linux compatible Point of Sale system on about 5-6 desktop computers to begin with. I am impressed with SUSE Linux Enterprise Po

Re: Debian in small/medium business

2015-03-04 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Op 04-03-15 om 19:51 schreef Victor Charles: > Good day. > I'm fairly new to Linux but love it. > However, I could use some advice regarding the use of Linux in business. > I'm starting my own spares business soon and will be using a Linux > compatible Point of Sale system on about 5-6 desktop comp

Re: Debian in small/medium business

2015-03-04 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 10:51:21AM -0800, Victor Charles wrote: > Good day. > I'm fairly new to Linux but love it. > However, I could use some advice regarding the use of Linux in business. > I'm starting my own spares business soon and will be using a Linux > compatible Point of Sale system on abo

Debian in small/medium business

2015-03-04 Thread Victor Charles
Good day. I'm fairly new to Linux but love it. However, I could use some advice regarding the use of Linux in business. I'm starting my own spares business soon and will be using a Linux compatible Point of Sale system on about 5-6 desktop computers to begin with. I am impressed with SUSE Linux Ent