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There are an estimated 200-300 Linux desktop users at SLAC. This project aims to provide a basic managed and maintained building block desktop from which users may customize to their specific needs. At this writing, either Ubuntu or CentOS are available options. This is very much a work in progress....
Current Pilot Machine Status
A test machine, named comet2, was setup in Tom G's office on 7/13/2018. Linux (centos7) was installed over the network. Andrew set up the "old style" kerberos authentication to allow site-wide logins. This is expected to change in the near future to a Windows authentication scheme.
At this time, comet2 is considered available for reboot or rebuild with little or no notification as experts continue their development of the deployment software.
List of candidate add-on software to be included in CentOS 7 network-install image.
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