Resources on Migrating to FOSS

Resources to guide users and organizations on how to migrate their systems over to Linux and Free/Open Source Software

Moving to Linux by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-12-14 10:38 PM

A Small Business Introduction to Linux

IDA Open Source Migration Guideline by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-06-17 12:24 PM

The IDA Open Source Migration Guidelines provide practical and detailed recommendations on how to migrate to Open Source Software (OSS)-based office applications, calendaring, e-mail and other standard applications.

Open Source Migration Guide by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-12-14 10:47 PM

This document sets out to describe the various routes that organisations can take when migrating towards the use of Open Source Software (OSS). We believe that there are many benefits to be gained from increasing the use of OSS within the typical organisation's IT portfolio, including reduced total cost of ownership, higher stability, increased security and greater overall control.

Porting enterprise apps from UNIX to Linux by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-02-21 10:34 AM

Porting enterprise apps from UNIX to Linux by IBM, provides a practical checklist, tips, and insight derived from a real-world port of one piece of enterprise-level software to Linux.

Migrating from Windows to the Novell Linux Desktop by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-02-10 02:01 PM

A well written migration guide from Windows to Novell Linux Desktop. Useful information and solutions that are also applicable to some other Linux desktop distributions.

Choosing Open Source by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-06-16 05:29 PM

Developed by Commons and the APC, this guide provides civil society organizations with both an introduction to open source and a framework for finding software that will meet their needs. Designed to be accessible and helpful to non-profit managers and others responsible for high level technology decisions.

Migration Guide (KBSt) by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-10-04 08:14 PM

A guide by German Federal Government Co-Ordination and Advisory Agency, on migrating the basic software components on server and workstation computers to Free/Open Source Software.