[wplug] Corporate Desktops

[Chris]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wplug-bounces+vze2f6h6=verizon.net at wplug.org 
> [mailto:wplug-bounces+vze2f6h6=verizon.net at wplug.org] On 
> Behalf Of Vanco, Don
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:19 AM
> To: General user list
> Subject: RE: [wplug] Corporate Desktops
> 
> wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org wrote:
> > 
> 
> > I don't want to have to install additional packages on every
> > machine.  I know that can be scripted and all that, but I am
> > going to look at it from an ease of installation and someone
> > relatively new to Linux. 
> build an xCAT server - there's no way you're going to use a single
> distro that gets MP3 and DVD playback and other things 
> without going to
> packages outside the core distro.  Distros like Fedora are _made_ for
> what you're doing - providing flexibility in the background 
> to give you
> exactly what you want (and quickly) to the end user.  Not slagging on
> you here, but it sounds like you're discounting some methodologies
> before you investigate them fully.  You _can_ do this with kickstart,
> and quite easily at that.....

MP3 and DVD playback are not requirements.  It's a nice to have but
definitely not required.

>> 4. Easy Install/setup (auto install big plus, ie Kickstart
>> type)

If the distro has that feature, that will be part of the test.  Off that
top of my head Fedora and Redhat have Kickstart and SuSE has AutoYaST.

I /will/ look at xCat before the test because I am not familiar with
that at all.  I never heard about it until this thread.

Chris Romano