How do I duplicate a server’s packages and configuration to another machine? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: How to backup settings and list of installed packages (15 answers) Closed 5 years ago. I have a production server running Ubuntu. I would like to setup similar configuration installed on my local machine. I’d like to have same packages installed. Since bandwidth is a constraint the traditional disk … Read more

Gconf-editor missing gnome-system-tools from tree

I am trying to to enable the /apps/gnome-system-tools/users/show_all flag that is supposed to be in gconf-editor. According to the Ubuntu community documentation, and many google searches, the key I want should be in the above location but the entire /apps/gnome-system-tools tree is missing. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixShowAllUsers My problem is not getting the key to work, I will … Read more

How to sync Ubuntu/software/configurations between N computers with free software and/or without a cloud? [closed]

Closed. This question needs to be more focused. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it focuses on one problem only by editing this post. Closed 7 years ago. Improve this question Note: this question is not about syncing data in a Dropbox-like way (files, folders), it … Read more

Why is there only one configuration management tool in the main repository?

How is it that Cfengine does not exist in the Ubuntu (10.04 LTS) Main Repository? I can’t find a discussion of this anywhere (using Google). The only configuration management in Ubuntu Main seems to be Puppet. I looked for a wide variety of others as well – all from Wikipedia’s list of configuration management tools … Read more