Linux – How to manage linux workstations with policies

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I am going to be administering a small network of linux based workstations for a charity institution (not all have the same distro- some are ubuntu and some are fedora). Is there something in Linux that is similar to group policy in windows?. For example I would like to standardize the wallpapers – have only firefox as a browser – default VLC as the media player etc etc.

Thank you, any suggestions are very appreciated.

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You may have difficulty switching between Windows and Linux mindsets. You might want to take at configuration management engines, like bcfg2 and puppet.

Also, I'd recommed taking the time to read www.infrastructures.org, a brilliant description of large-scale Linux administration techniques. I'm certain some ideas there could apply for your situation.

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