1.7  The rest of this book

The rest of this book consists of:

Part 1,  Choosing Linux  on page 1

  Chapter 1,  Introduction  on page 1

  Chapter 2,  The case for migration  on page 11

The next chapter in Part 1,  Choosing Linux  on page 1,  covers rationale 

and justification for a Linux client migration.

Part 2,  Planning the pilot migration  on page 25

  Chapter 3,  Organizational and human factors planning  on page 27

This chapter provides a discussion of human and organizational factors 

that are important considerations for transition management, and the 

importance of gathering non technical data about the  as is  client 

environment.

  Chapter 4,  Technical planning  on page 37

This chapter provides background, analysis, and planning guidance for 

the various technical topics that need to be considered as part of planning 

for a Linux client migration.

Part 3,  Performing the pilot migration  on page 87

  Chapter 5,  Migration best practices  on page 89

Some technical methods that can be used to enhance the quality of your 

migration are explained in detail.

  Chapter 6,  Client migration scenario  on page 113

In this chapter we document steps necessary to complete our own sample 

migration.

  Chapter 7,  Integration how tos  on page 133

This chapter provides detailed procedures describing how to complete 

some common migration configuration requirements.

Part 4,  Appendixes  on page 159

  Appendix A,  Using enterprise management tools  on page 161

This appendix provides an overview and assessment of the currently 

available enterprise desktop management tools provided by Novell and 

Red Hat.

  Appendix B,  Application porting  on page 209

A complete Windows to Linux desktop migration may required that you 

re program some applications to run natively on windows. This appendix 

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Linux Client Migration Cookbook   A Practical Planning and Implementation Guide for Migrating to Desktop Linux