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 ----
> From: Bram Van Steenlandt <bulkmail@diomedia.be>
> To: Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 6:59:22 AM
> Subject: updating multiple freebsd desktops
>
> Hi list,
>
> The company I work for is linux based, we work with our own app written
> in wxPython.
> I am having a lot of trouble finding a suitable desktop OS, I've just
> went with redhat but I think I am having second thoughts about it .
> Freebsd (wich we use for some servers) would be an option but:
>
> I find it really difficult to keep freebsd up to date in a desktop
> situation, recompiling things like gnome can take a lot of time.
>
> So what I would really like is to make one machine the build/test
> machine and keep this machine up to date with the ports and portmanager
> or so.
> Can I then set up some kind of repo with the packages from this machine
> and run something like "yum upgrade" on every desktop we have ?
> I know something like sharing (thus building it only once and installing
> it on multiple pc's) /usr/ports could be done but it is still to much
> work and I would like something that also works over the internet.
>
> Ideas anyone ?
>
> kind regards
> _______________________________________________
Here are some ideas to get you started:
1. Maintain one server and access it remotely using X Window or vnc.
2. Use portupgrade on each with the options to upgrade ports using
binaries from the internet.
3. Maintain one server and use pkg_create to create binary packages of
all installed ports.
4. Take a look at PCBSD, which is FreeBSD preconfigured as a desktop
and with additional, user-friendly features.
http://www.pcbsd.org.
Good luck,
Andrew
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