On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 11:49:32PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > * Related to the last, no simple caching software. The last I knew, > > there was no RPM analog to the Debian apt-cacher. This caches deb > > RPM doesn't need a specialist tool for this thankfully. Squid and similar > generic caching setups can handle it quite nicely. It is true we don't > have a package that does that setup in one go (or I've not found it > anyway). An excellent point. I don't know how long squid will cache a file; I assume that's configurable. apt-cache can be called (from cron) to purge only packages that have been superceded. So you can update machine A in January, and machine B in March, and if a package pulled in in January is still the current package machine B will get it from the local cache. Even so, a squid sounds better than my rsync setup. > > > * I prefer XFCE or similar lightweight desktops for these machines. I > > can get XFCE with xubuntu. I see no Fedora analog. > > Fedora includes xfce packages, they just aren't burned on the standard > CDs but are in the yum repository. True. Is there an XFCE only installation option? Absent an XFCE specific CD, that would require network access, and likely slow down installation time. Neither one is a major obstacle for most people in rich countries. For folks in poorer countries, either one could be a show stopper. > > > * While I am glad to see the Fedora live CDs, they are klunky compared > > to the Ubuntu/Knoppix/Finnix live CDs I have used. For one thing, on > > shutdown those live CDs will eject the CD and wait for you to remove > > them from the drive. > > Useful feedback.. hope you get on well with Ubuntu Thanks. I'm glad you found it useful. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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