On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 02:40:37AM -0400, seth vidal wrote: > Most people and many IT groups cannot successfully make a video > projector work for presentations. Do we seriously think that something > as complex as what is being suggested has a snowball's chance in hell of > succeeding. They do seem to be able to insert a CD and run its contents. > 1. fool proof pxe configurations out of the box in the install of the > dhcp server or even maybe a pxelinux package! system-config-netboot or somesuch ? - I've never used it > 2. a good syncing file system or backup tool that isn't ridiculously > difficult to configure for the average user. > 3. a network filesystem that has: > - robustness > - locking > - strong authentication > - success in working over high-latency connections > - doesn't piss off kernel developers by it's mere existence. > and has all of those things, at the same time. Hell, I'd take 4/5. Sfs is as close as I've seen. Alan
