[clue] Well, why the heck not?

[David L. Willson]

Do you use a hub and spoke, or ring? What engine? rsync? unison? something else? 

-- 
David L. Willson 
Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast 
RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu 
Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267) 

This is a good time for a r3volution. 

----- Original Message -----

> Remember the issues we have at RMSEL with simply having two different
> versions of CentOS?

> Syncing key parts of your home directory should be fine as long as
> you keep the software the same version. I sync my Chrome, Firefox,
> Documents, basKet, Chromium, Pidgin, and Remmina across all my
> computers.

> Issues I have:

> 1. Chrome likes to muck with my extensions when I switch between
> Windows and Linux.
> 2. Firefox needs opened, closed, and reopened when I switch between
> Windows and Linux. Works fine after that.
> 3. Not remember to sync before I shutdown and switch computers or not
> letting the sync complete before I start using the synced apps.

> Shawn T Perry
> Red Mop Computing Services
> office: 720-319-7627
> cell: 303-881-2623

> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:51 AM, David L. Willson <
> DLWillson at thegeek.nu > wrote:

> > huh... So... Y'know, that gives me some pretty good ideas! Like
> > rsync'ing or unison'ing my network home-folder with my laptop.
> 

> > Has anyone run into real issues sharing a home between distros? I
> > have a couple versions of Ubuntu and a few versions of Enterprise
> > Linux to talk to. What about Windows? Last I tried that, it was
> > kind've a nightmare, but I seem to have blocked the specifics of
> > the
> > nightmare.
> 

> > --
> 
> > David L. Willson
> 
> > Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
> 
> > RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu
> 
> > Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
> 

> > This is a good time for a r3volution.
> 

> > ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > > Traditional automount for diskfull systems expects your to export
> 
> > > /home/your_name from your workstation and makes it available
> > > wherever
> 
> > > you go. In the diskless environment your home is on some server
> 
> > > some
> 
> > > where. Maybe with synchronization so that if server A is down
> > > server
> 
> > > B will have a copy. The maps for that environment deal with
> > > mounting
> 
> > > the "best" home available. Then there are the hybrid environments
> 
> > > that involve both diskfull and diskless nodes.
> 
> > >
> 
> > > HTH
> 
> > > chris
> 
> > >
> 
> > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 2:09 PM, David L. Willson
> 
> > > < DLWillson at thegeek.nu > wrote:
> 
> > > > Why wouldn't I just set a network account's home directory to
> 
> > > > /net/server/homes/username?
> 
> > > >
> 
> > > > --
> 
> > > > David L. Willson
> 
> > > > Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
> 
> > > > RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu
> 
> > > > Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
> 
> > > >
> 
> > > > This is a good time for a r3volution.
> 
> > > >
> 
> > > >
> 
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