[ale] Rasp-pi Printer server

[DJ-Pfulio]

MINIBIAN?  Don't know if it is maintained, but aren't all of these based
on debian?

Or get minibian and look at the installed packages. Install a minimal
debian, then add those that apt-mark finds in minibian.

But I really don't know.

On 05/31/2017 02:02 PM, Thompson Freeman wrote:
> 
> I have clues (I think) about using a Rasp-PI as a printer server for the
> Macs and iPads that my daughters use at their home. Getting something
> working shouldn't be a huge issue.
> 
> What I'm wondering about, because I haven't found any suggestions during
> my initial web wanderings, is 1) removing the unneeded software from the
> server 2) automating the software updates and 3) improving their
> security stance when the server is live.
> 
> I realize that I can brute force the removal of unneeded software from a
> default Raspian install with "sudo apt-get remove" until the second or
> third wall of exhaustion happens, but there should be a better approach.
> I just haven't found it obviously!
> 
> Getting the software updates automated should be simple, but I'm not
> comfortably familiar enough with Debian environments to think I will
> catch all of the issues - just the lowest hanging fruits.
> 
> Finally, nobody with a decent security clue will be keeping an eagle eye
> on the girls. Other than "don't do this", anything I _really_ need to do
> here? I'm thinking more in the form of a check list unfortunately.
>