Central file distribution

Hi,

I have been working with file distribution using FileWave under MacOS 8 to 9 some years ago now. Has not really touched this area ever since OSX came out. The other day I realized that a product called Composer (http://jamfsoftware.com/products/composer.php) do snapshot like FileSetMagic in FileWave and it work pretty darn well. Now I have found a way to create .pkgs in an easy way in MacOSX (I now this has properly been around for years – I might have been an ignorant).

Question is: How do I go from here? I seem to understand how to make these .pkg files and I can distribute them either by hand or via Apple Remote Desktop. But is there other ways? Can I create new user accounts? Can I setup Dock items on users desktops? Can I distribute OS?

In other words: Is there some good ways to automate file distribution to approx. 100 Macs running on different machines (G5 to Intel Core2Duo)?

Any help would be greatly appreciated and please be aware that I’m not really that familiar to these technologies and a bit scared when someone point me to the Terminal 🙂

Best regards
Peter Lars Jensen