Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:55:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com> To: Bram Van Steenlandt <bulkmail@diomedia.be>, Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: updating multiple freebsd desktops Message-ID: <252105.99583.qm@web35301.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> ----- Original Message ----=0A> From: Bram Van Steenlandt <bulkmail@diome= dia.be>=0A> To: Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>=0A> Sent: Tue= sday, July 31, 2007 6:59:22 AM=0A> Subject: updating multiple freebsd deskt= ops=0A> =0A> Hi list,=0A> =0A> The company I work for is linux based, we wo= rk with our own app written =0A> in wxPython.=0A> I am having a lot of trou= ble finding a suitable desktop OS, I've just =0A> went with redhat but I th= ink I am having second thoughts about it .=0A> Freebsd (wich we use for som= e servers) would be an option but:=0A> =0A> I find it really difficult to k= eep freebsd up to date in a desktop =0A> situation, recompiling things like= gnome can take a lot of time.=0A> =0A> So what I would really like is to m= ake one machine the build/test =0A> machine and keep this machine up to dat= e with the ports and portmanager =0A> or so.=0A> Can I then set up some kin= d of repo with the packages from this machine =0A> and run something like "= yum upgrade" on every desktop we have ?=0A> I know something like sharing (= thus building it only once and installing =0A> it on multiple pc's) /usr/po= rts could be done but it is still to much =0A> work and I would like someth= ing that also works over the internet.=0A> =0A> Ideas anyone ?=0A> =0A> ki= nd regards=0A> _______________________________________________=0A=0A=0AHere= are some ideas to get you started:=0A=0A1. Maintain one server and access= it remotely using X Window or vnc.=0A=0A2. Use portupgrade on each with t= he options to upgrade ports using=0A binaries from the internet.=0A=0A3= . Maintain one server and use pkg_create to create binary packages of=0A = all installed ports.=0A=0A4. Take a look at PCBSD, which is FreeBSD pre= configured as a desktop=0A and with additional, user-friendly features.= =0A http://www.pcbsd.org.=0A=0AGood luck,=0A=0AAndrew=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A
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