• dajoho@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    I find this happens a lot on software like this and people kind of assume visitors know what all the buzzwords mean or are in the same bubble as the developers, which is a shame really as I assume it scares a lot of people off.

    TLDR: it lets you automate installing an operating system and software, mainly used for servers.

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      6 hours ago

      They can’t just say “it’s puppet” because trademark. So they have to advertise as “alternative to the leading” blah blah to enterprises. This is absolutely targeted at enterprise to buy support, so gotta be legally friendly.

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      8 hours ago

      Oh that’s totally sick, I bet that would be hella useful if I had another computer I wanted to set up and have everything I’ve got on my main machine

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        5 hours ago

        The use case is more for server and linux-type operating systems but I bet there are some crazy folk who use it for their desktops. No idea!