It’s been quite a journey, y’all.But we’re excited to announce the first release of OpenVox, the community-maintained open source implementation of Puppet.OpenVox 8.11 is functionally equivalent to...
I find this happens a lot on software like this and people kind of assume visitors know what all the buzzwords mean or are in the same bubble as the developers, which is a shame really as I assume it scares a lot of people off.
TLDR: it lets you automate installing an operating system and software, mainly used for servers.
They can’t just say “it’s puppet” because trademark. So they have to advertise as “alternative to the leading” blah blah to enterprises. This is absolutely targeted at enterprise to buy support, so gotta be legally friendly.
I find this happens a lot on software like this and people kind of assume visitors know what all the buzzwords mean or are in the same bubble as the developers, which is a shame really as I assume it scares a lot of people off.
TLDR: it lets you automate installing an operating system and software, mainly used for servers.
They can’t just say “it’s puppet” because trademark. So they have to advertise as “alternative to the leading” blah blah to enterprises. This is absolutely targeted at enterprise to buy support, so gotta be legally friendly.
Oh that’s totally sick, I bet that would be hella useful if I had another computer I wanted to set up and have everything I’ve got on my main machine
The use case is more for server and linux-type operating systems but I bet there are some crazy folk who use it for their desktops. No idea!
Its Configuration Management, so why would that not apply to Desktops? :)
We use it in Linux Servers, Windows Servers, Linux Desktops, Windows Desktops, etc etc :)
I mean I’m running Fedora, I’m sure I could find some use for it
Good choice! Me too! Workstation on the PC and trying to learn Silverblue on the laptop. Have you played with Silverblue?