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1 Dconf is a tool to collect a system's hardware and software configuration.
2 It allows to take your system configuration with you on the road, compare
3 identical systems (like nodes in a cluster) to troubleshoot HW or SW
4 problems.
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6 Dconf is also useful in projects where you have to manage changes as a
7 team. Dconf can run periodically and send out system changes to a list
8 of email addresses so that they can be revised and discussed in group.
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10 You can customize your dconf configuration for specific needs, like making
11 a profile of your laptop's hardware or copy specific software configuration
12 files to send out or compare with other systems.
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14 As a sysadmin, you won't become too paranoid if less experienced people
15 have root-access.
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17 As a consultant, you won't feel isolated if you don't have remote access
18 to your systems.
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20 As a support engineer, you won't become frustrated if a customer has
21 fiddled around with some important config file and you have to find which.
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23 As a performance tuner, you can capture the state of the system
24 configuration in between performance tests/benchmarks.