Conary Talk:Small Network Administration
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Greetings! I'm a businessman who maintains a small network for our office. I'm at the start of a major overhaul of the system, and would like your advice.
I've been running Ubuntu for quite a while, both here in the office (only selected machines) and at home. Before that, a Gentoo mail server. But I want all the computers at the office to run Linux as their main OS.
I'd like to establish several different types of computers -- workstation, application server, storage server, and shared special hardware (one on each floor with a scanner, card readers, etc.). I'd like to be able to simply load each computer depending on its type. And I'm very picky about the software environment to be customized to our needs.
I want to create a custom repository that will hold our preferences for the four different types of computers. I've looked closely at the APT tools that come with Ubuntu, and feel it's just too much work to make and administer a custom repository. I take care of finances for ten companies as well, my goal is to cut down on the time I do computer administration (in the long run).
Do you think I'd be happy with a Conary-based system for this? Or would I be biting off too much to build a custom repository?
- Jimcooncat 13:32, 27 December 2006 (EST)
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