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Joe.Smetona Updated - 3rd Oct 2009
For me, it was finally wondering where all the time went trying to repair a system.

I agree with some of the readers' comments that it's much easier to reformat the drive and re-install.

Typically, in a corporate environment, someone has completed all of the software and driver installs, the customizations and configurations and imaged the hard drive.

The best example I could think of is a worker's computer being taken away just before lunch and the rebuilt workstation being returned just after lunch.

However, I disagree with some writers who blame the ineptitude of the IT department. Recent corporate outbreaks of malware such as Conficker E have been extremely hard to completely extinguish and any malware that can spread over a network it almost impossible to eliminate.

I've been using Linux (Knoppix, Freespire and lately Linux Mint) for 8 years with no problems. Linux Mint 7 would work in any corporate environment and since gaming and p2p activity wouldn't be allowed anyway, all the other bases are covered. Using OpenOffice 3 in a corporate environment for Excel and Word equivalent documents has not presented any problems to me. In fact the conversion of documents to Excel for other workers worked flawlessly.

BTW, there actually is a Limewire Debian Linux version for download on the limewire website.
It's a perfect install on Linux Mint 7. However, 3 of the 4 songs I initially downloaded were deleted by the website because it's scanners had found (Window's) viruses embedded in them. It's not a bad action because even though the viruses won't affect Linux, sharing the files with a Window's friend would be a disaster.

The point here is, don't let anyone in the organization use p2p programs.
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