Locking Down Linux Desktops In an Enterprise?

Posted by kdawson on Monday March 9, 2009 @11:58AM from the just-the-policy-ma'am dept.

supermehra writes "How do you move 300 desktops, locked down with Windows ADS Group Policies (GPO), over to Ubuntu desktop? We have tried Centrify, Likewise, Gnome Gconf, and the like. Of course, we evaluated SuSe Desktop Enterprise and RedHat Desktop. Samba 4.0 promises the server side, however nothing for desktop lockdown. And while gnome gconf does offer promise, no real tools for remotely managing 300 desktops running gnome + gconf exist. All the options listed above are expensive, in fact so expensive that it's cheaper to leave M$ on! So while we've figured out the Office suite, email client, browser, VPN, drawing tools, and pretty much everything else, there seems to be no reasonable, open source alternative to locking down Linux terminals to comply with company policies. We're not looking for kiosk mode — we're looking for IT policy enforcement across the enterprise. Any ideas ladies & gentlemen?"

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Re:This is linux's strength, actually by Anonymous Coward · 2009-03-09 16:33 · Score: -1, Redundant

*ahem* next sentence: WAIK + imagex to copy an image from a fully configured computer, then "paste" it onto another.

windows is good for enterprise. it's what microsoft does. does anyone honestly think MS turned into 2 *Trillion* dollar company, basically overnight, by selling windows 95 to every mom and pop in america?

there is nothing linux can do in an enterprise situation that windows can do at least as well, if not better.