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Linux-Based Public Workstations: Issues and Application

Linux-Based Public Workstations: Issues and Application. Session: B202 Perry Horner Coordinator of Library Technology Support & Development ASU at the West Campus Fletcher Library P_Horner@asu.edu. Introduction. Disruptive Technology. Introduction. Disruptive Technology Windows 95.

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Linux-Based Public Workstations: Issues and Application

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  1. Linux-Based Public Workstations:Issues and Application Session: B202 Perry Horner Coordinator of Library Technology Support & Development ASU at the West Campus Fletcher Library P_Horner@asu.edu

  2. Introduction • Disruptive Technology

  3. Introduction • Disruptive Technology • Windows 95

  4. Introduction • Disruptive Technology • Windows 95 • Mac OS X

  5. Introduction • Disruptive Technology • Windows 95 • Mac OS X • Linux

  6. Linux as a Strategic Fit • Business Term • Transfer of skills and expertise and combine related activities to reduce cost and support goals

  7. Linux as a Strategic Fit • Business Term • Transfer of skills and expertise and combine related activities to reduce cost and support goals • Market, Management, Operation

  8. Linux as a Strategic Fit • Business Term • Transfer of skills and expertise and combine related activities to reduce cost and support goals • Market, Management, Operation • Linux must exist harmoniously in all three to be successful

  9. Metrics • Cost

  10. Metrics • Cost • Service

  11. Metrics • Cost • Service • Flexibility

  12. Metrics • Cost • Service • Flexibility • Ease of Maintenance

  13. Metrics • Cost • Service • Flexibility • Ease of Maintenance • User Satisfaction

  14. Knowledge & Resources for Success • The Linux Desktop • Feet first • Linux Servers • man pages, config files • Linux Community • User groups, forums, lists, Web

  15. Implications with Users and Staff At the end of the day, user satisfaction is your litmus test • Interface design • Choose a desktop manager • Customize your look and feel environment

  16. Implications with Users and Staff At the end of the day, user satisfaction is your litmus test • Process control • Attractors • Visible instructions • Intuitiveness

  17. Implications with Users and Staff At the end of the day, user satisfaction is your litmus test • Application offerings • Many choices • Many compromises

  18. Implications with Users and Staff • Web browsers • Support Applications • Printing • Saving to removable media • No A:

  19. Implications with Users and Staff Industry Example (Ovid) function printRecords() { if (validateRange()) { if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Netscape/7.0") != -1) { // Netscape 7.0x alert("Sorry, your browser doesn't support this feature. To print records, click the Preview button, click in the frame containing the records and then select Print from your browser File menu."); return; } with (parent.content.document.forms[0]) { action="previewBriefRecordsHidden.ws"; view_origin.value = "main_view"; target="preview"; method="get"; // Need to set method to get to get Netscape 4.7 to print submit(); } } }

  20. Specialized Linux Environments • LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) • Live CDs • Embedded Systems • Fat Clients • Combination of some or all [Fletcher Library]

  21. Conclusion • Rewarding and fulfilling experience • Enables freedom in application design, development, behavior, and presentation • Removes umbilical cord to commercial vendors product roadmap • Companies large and small are reaping benefits

  22. Questions? Is your library ready for the next disruptive technology?…

  23. Questions? Is your library ready for the next disruptive technology?… LINUX

  24. Questions? Is your library ready for the next disruptive technology?… LINUX

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