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#1 2018-01-05 19:57:54
- CentralPython
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[solved] Linking PCs and other devices
Hi!
I was just wondering if its possible to link another Arch PC to the primary PC so that it automatically or manually syncs like all of the documents, pictures, music plus other files and also the system updates. Or is it done by that Remote desktop function? Is it actually possible to do this via the network?
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#2 2018-01-05 20:19:54
- eschwartz
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Re: [solved] Linking PCs and other devices
Dropbox, ownCloud/Nextcloud, Google Drive, rsync as a systemd service...
Synchronizing the user data of multiple computers is hardly a new or a novel concept. There are a variety of options for doing so, some of them fairly popular.
If you really want to sync system updates, you should change your mind. There is no benefit over simply downloading updates from the central repos, and if you want to orchestrate software versions and configuration files you are better off with something like ansible, puppet, or chef.
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#3 2018-01-05 20:43:40
- CentralPython
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Re: [solved] Linking PCs and other devices
Dropbox, ownCloud/Nextcloud, Google Drive, rsync as a systemd service...
Synchronizing the user data of multiple computers is hardly a new or a novel concept. There are a variety of options for doing so, some of them fairly popular.
If you really want to sync system updates, you should change your mind. There is no benefit over simply downloading updates from the central repos, and if you want to orchestrate software versions and configuration files you are better off with something like ansible, puppet, or chef.
Fair enough, this answered my question. Will mark as solved!
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#4 2018-01-05 21:00:29
- progandy
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Re: [solved] Linking PCs and other devices
If you have a slow or data limited internet connection and a (fast) local network, then you can share the pacman caches of your devices. Then you only have to download packages from a remote mirror once.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … cman_cache
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