<div dir="ltr"><div>My understanding is 6 does everything 5 did plus. By dropping the custom code for puppet, the ability to manage multiple, different types of Linux systems emerged.<br><br></div>But, I've not used it yet. I did tinker with Spacewalk (upstream version) while it was still version 5 so 6 is all new for me.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:01 AM, James Sumners <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Anyone have any opinions on Satellite 6 as opposed Satellite 5?<div><br></div><div>I'm using 5 to kickstart systems with hosted kickstart profiles that use a few kickstart snippets. I also distribute some system agnostic configurations through a couple configuration channels, serve out local copies of the EPEL (and other) RPM repositories, and serve out some in-house RPM repositories.</div><div><br></div><div>Is 6 capable of these tasks? I assume so, but it's not very clear from the documentation. All I'm getting out of it is that the product has completely changed, and is more along the lines of a new interface to Puppet.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>James Sumners<br><a href="http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/" target="_blank">http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/</a><br><br>"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."<br><br>Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)<br>CH:D 59
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