<s>
A	O
standard	B-Application
operating	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
SOE	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
standard	O
implementation	O
of	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
and	O
its	O
associated	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Administrators	O
typically	O
implement	O
SOE	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
disk	B-Application
image	I-Application
for	O
mass	O
deployment	O
to	O
multiple	O
computers	O
in	O
an	O
organisation	O
,	O
to	O
ultimately	O
set	O
security	O
controls	O
and	O
increase	O
the	O
security	O
posture	O
of	O
an	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SOEs	O
can	O
include	O
the	O
base	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
custom	O
configuration	O
,	O
standard	O
applications	B-Application
used	O
within	O
an	O
organisation	O
,	O
software	O
updates	O
and	O
service	O
packs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SOEs	O
on	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
Unix/Unix	O
-like	O
systems	O
can	O
typically	O
be	O
made	O
simply	O
by	O
creating	O
and	O
deploying	O
disk	B-Application
images	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
using	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
Disk	B-Application
Utility	I-Application
and	O
dd	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
deploying	O
a	O
disk	B-Application
image	I-Application
originating	O
from	O
a	O
system	O
with	O
non-identical	O
hardware	O
will	O
often	O
result	O
in	O
boot	O
failure	O
with	O
Windows	O
,	O
the	O
process	O
is	O
generally	O
achievable	O
on	O
Unix	B-Application
systems	I-Application
with	O
the	O
caveat	O
that	O
the	O
systems	O
must	O
be	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
computer	B-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
and	O
drivers	O
will	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
the	O
image	O
for	O
all	O
the	O
possible	O
hardware	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Linux	B-Application
most	O
hardware	O
with	O
kernel	O
support	O
can	O
be	O
auto-detected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Boot	B-Operating_System
scripts	I-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
automated	O
post-deployment	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
vendor-specific	O
SOE	O
systems	O
for	O
various	O
Linux/Unix	O
-like	O
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
this	O
is	O
typically	O
done	O
by	O
using	O
kickstart	O
scripts	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
specific	O
products	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
manage	O
an	O
SOE	O
like	O
Red	B-Operating_System
Hat	I-Operating_System
Network	I-Operating_System
Satellite	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
which	O
avoid	O
the	O
disk	O
space	O
usage	O
and	O
maintenance	O
difficulties	O
of	O
managing	O
disk	B-Application
images	I-Application
.	O
</s>
