From: Uwe Dippel (udippeluniten.edu.my)
Date: Tue Nov 01 2005 - 09:05:54 CST

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On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:37:39 +1100, Shane J Pearson wrote:

>
> Are a large chunk of those 500 mostly the same config but with different
> user data in /home?

No, they are not. Or, better, they wouldn't be.
Organisation, profit or non-profit:
Firstly you have to keep a solution that your support staff can handle.
Secondly, in a divers organisation, you need to keep and update individual
desktops.
Thirdly, for Aunt Tilly I will pass by and install, but then the system
must be able to 'auto-upgrade'.
And don't get me wrong; I am anything but whining; I simply try to address
the topic 'desktop'. And I even didn't bring it up. Nothing else. And when
you have one foot in the 'geek' filed and one in real life, you don't
address your personal desktop when this topic comes up. One point is the
great 'errata'. They are exactly as I like them for my production boxes.
And most in here will feel similar. But for 'desktop' you need a script

check for new errata
if new errata
   download
   check if errata applied
      if ! applied
      apply now
   if need reboot
   inform user to reboot
check cvs for changes in packages
   if changes
      apply changes transparently
      # start-stop, activation, HUP, etc.
if need reboot, ask user now to reboot

The first part is almost done: The patches contain all the information.
The 'rebuild kernel' is probably a standard per machine / user.

Once again, no flames please. I know that many in here despise this
solution. Up to everyone and fine with me. But then, IMHO, don't say
'desktop' and 'deploy'.

2 sen,

Uwe

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