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Nothing in the linux world would forbid something like Group Policy. A commercial distro that targets large-scale enterprise customers could implement something

by Alupis 9mo ago

Nothing in the linux world would forbid something like Group Policy. A commercial distro that targets large-scale enterprise customers could implement something exactly like Active Directory + friends. Ansible, FreeIPA, and more can be used individually or together to achieve what AD provides. There are large enterprises that are non-windows...

ocdtrekkie 9mo ago
My comment above already addresses this. I'm aware there are large enterprises that are non-Windows. All of them are technology companies. They are well equipped to pay their own developers to compensate for not having Group Policy, and may even be Microsoft competitors who don't want to spend money on them. Ansible being a replacement for Group Policy is very funny. That is like saying Postgres is a replacement for Excel.
- rtpg 9mo ago
  Not to argue too much against what you're saying but I thought that some EU gov't entities had moved off of Windows a while ago. I know at least one university that doesn't put Windows on its machines either. While Uni requirements are not the same as "enterprise" requirements, it does feel close-ish. Having said all this, I am very primed to believe that they have a Group Policy-sized hole in their systems. Just thinking they are doing ... something.
- p_ing 9mo ago
  Home Depot used to have a large fleet of RHEL machines within the stores. Looks like they've more recently rolled to SuSe. https://linuxdevices.org/linux-based-pos-rolls-into-home-depot-stores/ https://linuxdevices.org/linux-based-pos-rolls-into-home-dep... (2001!) https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-site-selection/home-depot-upgrades-2-300-retail-edge-locations-using-suse-rancher-k3s https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-site-selecti...
firesteelrain 9mo ago
Ansible and FreeIPA can’t hold a candle to Active Directory Ansible has a defined purpose and it is good at what it does
justsomehnguy 9mo ago
> Nothing in the linux world would forbid something like Group Policy Except 100 and 1 method of configuring of anything. But not a binary tree because three zealots depend on greping a config into perl2 scripts for some automation.
nunez 9mo ago
You can do a lot with Ansible but GPOs are unbelievably configurable and you'd need to know lots and lots of registry lore to get close.
taegee 9mo ago
selinux?

by Alupis 9mo ago

ocdtrekkie 9mo ago

My comment above already addresses this. I'm aware there are large enterprises that are non-Windows. All of them are technology companies. They are well equipped to pay their own developers to compensate for not having Group Policy, and may even be Microsoft competitors who don't want to spend money on them. Ansible being a replacement for Group Policy is very funny. That is like saying Postgres is a replacement for Excel.

rtpg 9mo ago
Not to argue too much against what you're saying but I thought that some EU gov't entities had moved off of Windows a while ago. I know at least one university that doesn't put Windows on its machines either. While Uni requirements are not the same as "enterprise" requirements, it does feel close-ish. Having said all this, I am very primed to believe that they have a Group Policy-sized hole in their systems. Just thinking they are doing ... something.
p_ing 9mo ago
Home Depot used to have a large fleet of RHEL machines within the stores. Looks like they've more recently rolled to SuSe. https://linuxdevices.org/linux-based-pos-rolls-into-home-depot-stores/ https://linuxdevices.org/linux-based-pos-rolls-into-home-dep... (2001!) https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-site-selection/home-depot-upgrades-2-300-retail-edge-locations-using-suse-rancher-k3s https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-site-selecti...

firesteelrain 9mo ago

Ansible and FreeIPA can’t hold a candle to Active Directory Ansible has a defined purpose and it is good at what it does

justsomehnguy 9mo ago

> Nothing in the linux world would forbid something like Group Policy Except 100 and 1 method of configuring of anything. But not a binary tree because three zealots depend on greping a config into perl2 scripts for some automation.

nunez 9mo ago

You can do a lot with Ansible but GPOs are unbelievably configurable and you'd need to know lots and lots of registry lore to get close.

taegee 9mo ago

selinux?