cool. thanks.

On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 4:46 PM Snyder, Alexander J <
alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:

> Okay -- check this out ...
>
> https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/automation/learning-ansible-tutorial
>
> You can install the free version of Ansible on all Linux Platforms.
>
>
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/installation_distros.html
>
> Their install guide will also help you get the basics sorted out.
>
> At work, we manage thousands of servers with Ansible -- At home, my entire
> homelab configuration is handled by Ansible.  I can spin up a new RedHat VM
> and have it ready for "production" in about 5 minutes -- its amazing.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Alex.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 4:51 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, please!
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 11:20 AM Snyder, Alexander J <
>> alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
>>
>>> This isn't idiocy, this is the infancy of automation! What if you could
>>> get Ann entirely new PC and then you could run "a thing" on it to
>>> completely provision and configure all your settings and files just how you
>>> want it?!?
>>>
>>> This thing already exists, it's free, and easy to learn.
>>>
>>> Welcome to the wonderful and exciting world of ANSIBLE!
>>>
>>> It's called "Configuration Management", and in the world of ANSIBLE, you
>>> write playbooks and those playbook execute tasks.
>>>
>>> If you're interested to know more, let me know. Aside from being a big
>>> fan of Ansible, it's also literally my day job.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alexander
>>>
>>> Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024, 07:34 Michael via PLUG-discuss <
>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> what I mean by easier is if I have to reinstall the OS/get a new
>>>> computer it is easier to write it into a text file, save it in gmail as a
>>>> draft, and then open up that draft if I need it. I have a LOT of drafts
>>>> like this. Commands, paragraphs that I have to repeat, stuff like that. You
>>>> might think I'm an idiot but let my idiocy inspire you!
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 10:26 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> as for doing this graphically I think it is easier to copy-n-paste
>>>>> into a terminal:
>>>>> sudo apt-mark hold package1 package2 package3
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 10:15 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Look at what I just discovered: The apt-mark hold <package> command
>>>>>> is used to prevent a specific package from being upgraded on Debian-based
>>>>>> systems.
>>>>>> I hated waiting for firefox to update! (I don't use ff) Could we
>>>>>> start a list of other big packages that don't need to be updated?
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>>>>>
>>>>>
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