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Hi, |
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Am Dienstag, 18. Juli 2006 14:35 schrieb David Corbin: |
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> Not wanting to hijack the thread from the OP, but this subject interests me |
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> for the following reason. I work on a software system where one customer |
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> has about 10000 systems at about 500 locations. Remote systems are |
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> categorized as one of 3 types/configurations. Automated management of them |
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> is essential, including upgrades, but seldom upgrades "to the latest and |
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> greatest" as stability is very important. Upgrades need to "just work", |
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> and not require manual intervention. Currently, they're all on Windows in |
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> one form or another (ugh!). The systems in question have very limited |
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> capabilities, and the people on site have very limited permissions. |
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> |
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> Other potential customers have similar size systems, and I certainly expect |
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> someone to realize the value of Linux for this. I'd like to have a |
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> solution in my mind when the time comes. |
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> I've considered the idea of a custom distribution to do this. There is no |
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> doubt in my mind, that any such distribtuion would be based on an existing |
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> one, with tweaks that deal with where updates come from, and what packages |
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> are availble, etc. Gentoo or Debian are the two likely candidates. I'm |
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> not *sure* a customized distribution is appropriate. |
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have a look at rocklinux (http://www.rocklinux.org/wiki/Main_Page) |
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It's a "Distribution Build Kit". I tried it some time ago and was really |
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impressed. |
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> David |
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Hand, |
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Michael |
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