[SEO-TECH] Does anyone have any cloning or copying software they would recommend.

[Chad Neeper]

Agreed. Ninite is similar to Chocolatey in that regard. I very, very
briefly used it myself before looking for a similar tool with a greater
selection and finding/moving on to Chocolatey. Choco has a MUCH greater
variety (thousands) of ready-to-go community-supported packages to choose
from (all free). But Ninite might be slightly more point-and-click easier
to use, if everything you need is in there. (I also haven't used it for
years, so it may be a bit different now.) Definitely also worth a look. If
Ninite can't give you all your applications, definitely check to see if
Chocolatey can. Choco is actually very easy to install and use.
Instructions on the website are simple and explicit. The choco install
command may look a little daunting, but it's quite literally cut-and-paste
from the website to a PowerShell console. Don't let any seeming complexity
of using Ninite or Choc deter you. They're not bad at all once you try and
they're definitely worth their weight in gold.

To Michael's point about Microsoft Office...same with Choco. But you're
able to set up your own Chocolatey repository if you want to. You can do
that to keep tight control over the programs that can be installed or to
provide your own custom installations for commercial products like Office
that you have license to use, or for custom-developed in-house
applications. You're probably not likely to go that far, but you certainly
have the option. I don't bother; I just use the community packages provided
by others. They suit my own needs perfectly fine. We use an alternate
method to mostly automate the Office install and config via the network.

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On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:20 PM Michael Thornton <mthornton at acdl.info>
wrote:

> Given that you are looking to copy PROGRAMS, we often use a service called
> Ninite (ninite.com). You could select what you want on every machine
> (from a list), save the EXE it creates, and run it on each computer to from
> a mapped drive or thumb drive to install/update your software. It’s a nice
> little utility and can also be used to keep things updated. We use it for a
> lot of the open source/free software we use on our setups. The pro (pay)
> version of adds to the list of programs a good deal. It is worth noting
> that neither list includes Microsoft Office in any form so it’s not a
> cure-all, but it can be a time saver.
>
> Michael W Thornton | Digital Library Branch Manager
>
> *Ashtabula County District Library*
> 440.990.2338 (office)
>
>
>
> *From:* SEO-TECH <seo-tech-bounces at lists.oplin.org> *On Behalf Of *Jennifer
> Bates
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 20, 2021 10:07 AM
> *To:* seo-tech at lists.oplin.org
> *Subject:* [SEO-TECH] Does anyone have any cloning or copying software
> they would recommend.
>
>
>
> We are replacing all of our public and staff machines this summer. Instead
> of manually loading all of the software to each one I would like to try to
> clone/copy it instead.  Do you recommend any software that has that
> capability?  I don't need to move the operating system, only the programs.
>   Of course we are looking for the most cost effective method.  We will be
> replacing thirty machines in total.
>
>
>
> --
>
> *Jennifer Bates*
>
> *Minerva Public Library*
>
> *Adult Services*
>
> *677 Lynnwood Dr*
>
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