tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post7565892953041862716..comments2024-02-10T03:17:37.879-05:00Comments on Dave Richards - City of Largo Work Blog: Doing More With Less, Improving User ExperienceDave Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06403055794363134691noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post-60662974969267350862011-06-28T13:53:06.278-04:002011-06-28T13:53:06.278-04:00@arch: :) Well we just hired a new employee for de...@arch: :) Well we just hired a new employee for development, so jobs do open here from time to time. I have been known to say, "It's only fun when it works." :)<br /><br />@anonymous: After the bad install process for Altiris a few years ago, everything has become kind of home brewed. The HP stock builds didn't have enough features, so they are very customized at this point. The older thin clients never got Debian upgrades and I had to backport it myself. We have very simple needs and are keeping it very simple. FOG is pushing image updates and then they just download a single file with configuration settings. Seems like it's going to work great for us.<br /><br />@Jorge: I'm not sure I understand your question. Do you mean why not develop in the browser instead of using GTK Widgets? If that is your question, glade and python are so fast that in a few days or part time hacking it's already mostly working.Dave Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403055794363134691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post-643710963346022162011-06-28T12:58:38.496-04:002011-06-28T12:58:38.496-04:00Dave, may I ask: why do you prefer creating a GUI ...Dave, may I ask: why do you prefer creating a GUI app instead of, say, a dedicated area on an intranet?Jorge E. Gómezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15461890403989805337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post-5070995370346238892011-06-28T09:43:58.626-04:002011-06-28T09:43:58.626-04:00don't you have any management software like cf...don't you have any management software like cfengine that autoconfigures all your thinclients depending on a set of rules you specify?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29399536.post-77102152960961785242011-06-27T22:35:33.251-04:002011-06-27T22:35:33.251-04:00how can i work for you or in a job like yours?how can i work for you or in a job like yours?Archhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477548934641990566noreply@blogger.com