-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 18 February 2003 11:56, Curtis Sloan wrote: > RIS is basically an wizard-driven network unattended (scripted) install. > It can also be used to install customized "images". These are snapshots of > the OS with apps installed, configured, etc., without taking a > byte-for-byte image like Ghost.
> Does anyone have any comparable solutions for these kinds of deployment > functionalities using Linux? This would be a key to getting Linux on every > desktop here. a combination of setting up an RPM repository and an update tool (e.g. autorpm or the update app supplied with the distro you'll be using) should do the trick once the system is actually installed... would you be looking to use this RIS-replacement for install or post-install maintenance? or both? > Terminal Services, X11 > Group Policy, etc. if you use KDE as the desktop environment you can use the Kiosk framework to easily provide replicated configurations of KDE applications, including locking them down where desired and seperating out groups of users. by network mounting the base KDE config directory or using a revision control system like CVS you can manage this quite easily from a central place. > I am > very excited with the possibility of moving _everything_ to Linux (and we > have a lot to move!). indeed! congrats on the opportunity.... i hope it goes well for you... - -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 KDE: The 'K' is for 'kick ass' http://www.kde.org http://promo.kde.org/3.1/feature_guide.php -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+Uqzs1rcusafx20MRAik3AKCmzntiqfVSefO1CQIPsXUkAW+PhQCff5PL f1sk9eHMdGkjngos3b4RJI8= =yhcC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
