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On 15/01/14 21:43, Rob Beard wrote: > unless anyone knows of a Linux alternative to WSUS God no, I've been there several times and it's not pretty... The whole edifice of crazy different stuff that makes up the entire Windows Update framework is insanely complicated and of course highly proprietary, very difficult to get it to play nice with Linux. It uses WinHTTP/WinINet protocols which are difficult to filter and cache properly, there are issues with certificate caching on proxy pass-throughs, it just goes on and on. We've actually had a couple of serious stabs at trying to cook up something like WSUS on Linux and threw in the towel every time. If you're network is sufficiently big to actually need and roll out WSUS, you've probably got a whole other bunch of Windows servers and roles going on and likely have access to much better tools and toys, like System Center, OpenView, Spice, etc. If the 2012r2 interface annoys you that much why not just get a free download of ClassicShell? That'll fix it to behave just like Win7 and earlier versions. Cheers http://www.classicshell.net/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq