Re: LUG: ncsu realm linux iso / CD - Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:15:36 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: ncsu realm linux iso / CD

From : Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:15:36 -0500

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 08:15:11PM -0500, Alexander Ray wrote:
> Maybe theres another way to go about this. What if we could provide some of
> the advantages to the EOS/Realm Linux for users as software or packages?
> The big question is what are the advantages of Realm Linux/what do users
> want out of it?

Primarily, Realm Linux is a systems administrator's tool. It allows for
rapid, identical deployment of NCSU machines without having to re-invent
the NCSU wheel (authN/authZ, file, print, etc.)

What the users normally ask about is having more modern Linux distro
versions. RHEL, of course, lags behind and then Realm Linux deployments
in labs can be delayed because of application testing.

Flip side is that a slow moving distro is really what you want in a long
term, supported environment.

Jack
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Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>
Linux Czar, OIT Campus Linux Services
Office of Information Technology, NC State University
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