[wpkg-users] Introducing opsi

[detlef oertel]

Hello wpkg users,

this is a cross posting with kindly permission from Tomasz Chmielewski.

We would like to introduce to you the wpkg related project opsi
(open pc server integration).
We using therefor the occasion of the todays new opsi release 3.4.

Like wpkg, opsi is a open source project
which handles automated software deployment.

opsi is a Desktop Management System
for Windows workstations based on Linux servers.

Key features:

     * Automatic OS installation (unattended or image based)
     * Automatic software deployment
     * Hardware and software inventories
     * Patch Management
     * License Management

The new Features are:

* The License Management module supports the
administration of different kinds of licenses like
Retail, OEM and Volume Licenses.
Using the connection between the license management
and the software inventory,
Reports about the license usage may generated easily.

* Support for Vista/Windows 7.

The core of opsi is distributed as open source
without any license fees or subscriptions.
The development of new features like Vista/Windows 7 Support
and license management is cooperatively funded.
Until these cooperative funding is completed,
the new features are available to the 'cooperative funders' only.
Afterwards they will be part of the free open source release.

In addition to the the exiting localizations in English and German,
now are also French, Spanish and Turkish supported.

More infos about opsi at:
(english) http://opsi.org
(german) http://uib.de/

regards

detlef oertel


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