Distros

[David A. Bandel]

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 09:21, Ken Moffat <kmoffat at modizzle.net> wrote:
> Maybe an update of which Linux Distributions we are using would be in order.
> Seems it's been a while.
>
> I use Debian, or variants thereof, mostly Ubuntu, which seems to just
> work.It seems that pure Debian is a bit harder to maintain.

Debian.  I just use a script I wrote and update some 18 or so systems
every morning.  The guts of it goes like this:

do_update () {
for i in $SYSTEMS
    do echo "***** Processing $i $PORT *****"
    ssh -l root $PORT $i apt-get update >/dev/null 2>&1
    ssh -l root $PORT $i touch /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
    ssh -l root $PORT $i apt-get -y dist-upgrade 2>/dev/null
    ssh -l root $PORT $i apt-get -y autoremove --purge
    ssh -l root $PORT $i apt-get clean
    ssh -l root $PORT $i lilo
done
}

I have about 6 groups of systems

  local)
PORT=''
SYSTEMS='10.10.1.10 10.10.1.11 10.10.1.12'
do_update


>
> I tend toward gnome rather than kde, and sometimes will opt for xfce, which
> is lightweight and fast.

lxde is lightweight and easy to use.

>
> However, I might be up for a change, mostly just to fulfill my need for
> change. I find myself spending more time on Windows 7 lately, just because
> it's new. (actually I must admit I enjoy it)

need to smoke a little less crack.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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