====== How I converted my office to Linux ======

|**Date:**       | 25th Aug, 2010 |
|**Time:**       | 7pm (Pre meeting 6pm at Jawa Bar 297 victoria st) |
|**Location:**  | Workshop held at Computer bank |
|**Hosted By:**| Michael Pope |

Presentation: {{:workshops:how_i_converted_my_office_to_linux.ppt|}}

References:\\

[[http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/|Existing Windows system to VirtualBox converter]]\\
[[http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/41329-a-win-lin-situation-moving-a-small-office-over-to-linux|ITWire link to my article]]\\
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows

===== Cool stuff =====

Remmina\\
- Remote desktop client handles: NX, VNC, RDP, SFTP, SSH, XDMCP\\

Google command line http://code.google.com/p/googlecl/ (Now in repository).\\
- Control: Blogger, Youtube, Picasa, Docs, Contacts & Calendar (may have bugs).\\


OpenChange - Exchange alternative with native support for Outlook\\
http://www.openchange.org\\

Remote control your desktop using your Google phone - http://www.gmote.org/\\

Gow – The lightweight alternative to Cygwin - http://wiki.github.com/bmatzelle/gow/\\