New version of Karoshi

[David C. Weichert]

On Di, 2006-02-21 at 09:28 +0000, linuxgirlie wrote:
> ok, here goes:

> So maybe a simple way of putting it is this, Karoshi is a set of
> scripts with nice GUI front end that allows non-experienced
> administrators to install, configure and run a Linux network without
> getting in to deep.

And it will most likely break lots of things when people try to upgrade
from breezy to dapper (or sarge to etch for that matter). For this
reason understanding Ubuntu's/Debian's Policies on packaging is of
paramount importance.

> Let me know if you have anymore questions, I may of wandered off
> during that and I have a funny feeling that I still may not of
> explained it enough!
> 

You should have a look at two other projects:

- WLUS which has been part of Skolelinux ever since
http://www.skolelinux.no/~klaus/newnotater/x3118.html

and 

- CipUx http://www.cipux.org/ which provides a lot more and is currently
debianized (undergoing the process of packaging)

Even if you decide to walk your own way, there is a lot of source code
and expertise in these tools both of which have been under developement
since 2001 and 2002 respectively.

CipUx is also very interesting because it has an abstraction layer.
Currently there are Webmin and Shell interfaces, but GTK-(Gnome) and
NCURSES (debconf-like) Interfaces would be easy to implement.

Also CipUx includes some quite advanced features like the automatic
remote deployment of fat clients using disk images.


Kind regards
David
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