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Re: [LUG] School Server

 

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Grant Sewell wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:47:09 +0100
> Richard Brown wrote:
> 
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> I had a chat with a school head yesterday who is once again investing
>> in RM technology. I have tried to persuade her otherwise but her
>> reasons cannot be disputed with. Namely that the support is full. If
>> it breaks down someone comes and fixes it. If it needs updating the
>> computer automatically updates. She doesn't have to do anything to the
>> server - it just works.
>>
>> So can we respond to this please? Firstly is it possible to create a
>> server that updates itself? Secondly, is there anyway we can encourage
>> her to look at different systems? Any thoughts would be welcome -
>> thanks.
> 
> There is always "cron-apt" for auto-updating.
> 
> Grant.
> 
My ubuntu desktop and I assume the server edition auto updates,

Paul

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