[ILUG] Recommendations for large scale Ubuntu deployment.

[Thomas Rooney]

On 25 Nov 2008, at 15:22, Pádraig Brady wrote:

> Braun Brelin wrote:
>> Is there an equivalent to yum for Ubuntu?
>
> -------------------
> redhat      debian
> -------------------
> kickstart   preseed
> yum         apt
> rpm         dpkg
>
> Here's a bit of a rosetta stone for debian/redhat packaging:
> http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/packaging.html
>
> There is some kickstart compatability for creating
> preseed files for debian/ubuntu but I'm not sure it's polished.
> For 575 laptops I would setup a preseed file and a
> local apt repository.
575 Laptops thats a lot of laptops. If I was purchasing them I would
demand that the supplier install the OS. Don't HP and DELL offer
Ubuntu laptops. It would be a major time saver and they would need
to support you for the first year.

To quote Lisa

	Time is the most costly commodity...

Tom
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>
> Pádraig.
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