[WLUG] The End of XP an Opportunity for Linux?

[Derek DeJonghe]

Chris,

At that point where you have to repeatedly do something to multiple 
boxes, I would suggest configuration management. With SaltStack I'm able 
to do remote execution over countless boxes. For instance, I just ran 
yum update -y on 3 machines that needed PAM updated. This would have 
worked the same if I had 300 machines. I didn't read this entire thread 
but it sounds as if you've a lot of xp boxes to administer, have you 
ever used group policy? Configuration management works much the same way.

There are a lot of different variations of Config management to chose 
from, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, CFengine.

I believe I'm set to present on SaltStack at the next Wlug meeting on 
the 17th. If you've more then one box to administer you may find this 
talk interesting and useful.

Best
-Derek DeJonghe.

On 04/10/2014 07:50 AM, Chris Baty wrote:
> One more question: if I ha a bunch of ubuntu boxes, all with a myAdmin 
> account and a DSA key, can I do something like a 'myAdmin@* apt-get 
> install requiredPackage'?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Chris Baty <batymahn at gmail.com 
> <mailto:batymahn at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     THANKS FOR ALL THE THOUGHTS.
>
>     CHRIS
>
>
>     On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Josh Catana <jcatana at gmail.com
>     <mailto:jcatana at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         I've always used rdesktop for my linux rdp client and never
>         had issues.
>
>         Just throwing that out there as an option.
>
>
>         On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Jeff Hanson
>         <jhansonxi at gmail.com <mailto:jhansonxi at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             Check for proprietary apps that require Windows.  Not
>             everything works on Wine. Crossover Office may be better
>             if they are using Access DBs on the clients.
>
>             Vinagre and Remmina are clients for RDP.
>
>             Excluding proprietary app problems on the clients, you'll
>             probably have more problems with the hardware and users.
>
>             Old GPUs, especially integrated Intel (8xx series), SiS,
>             and Via devices, have limited support (if any).
>
>             Some old printers, scanners, and AiO multifunction devices
>             don't work well.  DeskJet 7xx (software-based
>             "Winprinters"), Lexmark 6xx (and Dell 7xx equivalents),
>             Visioneer OneTouch scanners, are either useless or not
>             worthing fighting with.  Many scanners will require
>             firmware to be loaded at boot.
>
>             Internet content filtering is practically non-existent.
>             DansGuardian is barely maintained and won't support
>             https/SSL/TLS filtering except by domain name and IP.
>
>             If the systems are going to access files directly on the
>             server then you'll have to support SMB and logins.
>
>             If the clients are only using web browsers, thin-client
>             hardware (and maybe a new server with LTSP) may be
>             better.  Main advantage is lower energy consumption.
>
>
>
>             On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Chris Baty
>             <batymahn at gmail.com <mailto:batymahn at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                 Hi guys,
>                 Through ironic circumstances I've become the IT
>                 Coordinator of a moderately sized Ann Arbor
>                 non-profit.  Our backbone is a Windows 2008 Server
>                 (lucky me) but our staff accesses it, via Remote
>                 Desktop, through a bunch of old XP machines. Now that
>                 XP is no longer supported by Microsoft I'm seriously
>                 thinking about installing Kubuntu (because of it's
>                 similarity to Windows, low cost and resistance to
>                 viruses) on our old XP machines.
>
>                 Has any one had a similar decision?
>
>                 Thanks.
>
>                 Chris Baty
>                 IT Coordinator
>                 Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living
>
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