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Re: Hey all, here's an idea

 

That's a great idea. I definitely think that this type of thing should be in
there. But I didn't mean how to do Win2Lin things, I meant address new MS
plans/schemes/announcements/whatever. You know, like "Blah blah blah is in
Windows 7" or "Linux is an intellectual virus..." or even new
accomplishments.

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Justin Garrison <rothgar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I probably can't do something every week but I could certainly address some
> of the concerns maybe every other week or once a month depending on how busy
> my schedule gets. I work at a university so I don't know how different my
> situation may be from those at corporations but here are some problems I
> could probably look at to address.
>
> 1. Setting up your machine to allow Active Directory logins (I have already
> done this so it shouldn't be too hard to talk a little about it although it
> may be a little different in 8.10 but we will see)
> 2. using network resources (network drives, mapping a drive, etc.)
> 3. Setting up corporate email/calendar to use Exchange (this one I have not
> quite figured out 100% but I have been working on it)
> 4. How to sync data with your PDA/windows mobile phone to sync information
> with linux mint (I haven't done this yet but I have a windows mobile phone
> so I can try it out)
>
> Is there anything else someone would want me to look into or could help me
> out with?
> Does launchpad offer a community notes taking tool so we all can start
> writing down ideas and get more of a brainstorming session?
>
> --
> Justin Garrison
> 1n73r.net
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Charles Olsen <charles.olsen@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> It's NOT too advanced for the show -- not if you can do this segment for
>> us.
>>
>> I think this would be very useful. One of my goals is to show people that
>> you really can get your work done with Linux. And for now, that often means
>> working alongside Windows.
>>
>> I don't have the resources to do this one myself. My company is devoted to
>> Win XP.
>>
>> But if you could do this, even occasionally, I think it would be a great
>> segment. And I think your idea about Active Directory is the best place to
>> start.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Charles
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> From:  "Justin Garrison" <rothgar@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subj:  Re: [Linuxmint-podcast-project] Hey all, here's an idea
>> Date:  Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:37 pm
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>> To:  "Adam Hainstock" <hainzy@xxxxxxxxx>
>> cc:  linuxmint-podcast-project@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> I was actually thinking about small segments talking about how to use
>> linux
>> in a windows environment (at work using active directory etc.) but I think
>> that would be too advanced for this podcast.
>>
>> --
>> Justin Garrison
>> 1n73r.net
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Adam Hainstock <hainzy@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Obviously, the biggest competitor is MS Windows. How about a segment of
>> MS
>> > and updates surrounding them, like details about Win7, Novell-Microsoft
>> > (Old, but just an example), etc. What do you think?
>> >
>> > Also, what is the schedule for releasing the podcasts? Once a week? Once
>> > twice a week? Should we keep it released in sync with the blog?
>> >
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