Configuring Linux Workstations for a Microsoft Windows Environment and Network

Link: Tutorial from YoLinux

This tutorial is aimed at those who wish to migrate fully from a Microsoft Windows desktop to a Linux desktop system but still integrate with the Microsoft Windows servers and infrastructure like that found in a typical corporate environment.

Integration with Microsoft print services, file sharing (mounting smbfs), Exchange server, other MS/Windows PC's, dual boot NTFS drives, Citrix, remote X-Windows logins, telnet and ftp access are all covered in this tutorial.

This tutorial assumes the base system with a full X-Windows and Gnome desktop installation. See Linux Red Hat Installation Tutorial for more information.

Microsoft Office Compatability: Open Office (bundled with Red Hat Linux 8.0+/Fedora Core) can read/write Word, Excel and Powerpoint files. It also has a vastly superior (compared to MS/Office) HTML web output conversion capability. It is currently (in my opinion) the best office software suite for Linux today. See: YoLinux Linux Office Suites