Disappointed with Ubuntu Server, could be used by such a wider audience

2008-07-31 Thread Anthony Watters
Folks, As a newbie to Ubuntu I have to say it is hard to believe that Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server come from the same stable. The Ubuntu server should come in two offerings; i.e. the unfriendly existing Ubuntu server, and, more importantly to the masses, a friendly pre-configured Ubuntu se

Re: Disappointed with Ubuntu Server, could be used by such a wider audience

2008-07-31 Thread Anthony Watters
40 or so users i.e. they don't need a sledge hammer to crack a nut, but they do need a big helping hand to hide them from the bowels of the server and the command line. Regards, Tony - Original Message From: Anthony Watters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.u

Re: Disappointed with Ubuntu Server, could be used by such a wider audience

2008-07-31 Thread Anthony Watters
Hello Tacone, People from the Windows world don't like the command line because it is all too easy to forget to do something that should be done. Not only that but one has to remember all the commands etc. GUI dialogs etc contain radio option buttons, checkboxes, Wizards etc protecting the user

Re: Disappointed with Ubuntu Server, could be used by such a wider audience

2008-08-01 Thread Anthony Watters
cure a root server for personal homepages. And with this web uis I don't mean webapps like RHN or Landscape. Regards, \sh On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:14:06 -0700 (PDT) Anthony Watters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-d

Re: Disappointed with Ubuntu Server, could be used by such a wider audience

2008-08-01 Thread Anthony Watters
Message From: Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Anthony Watters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008 4:39:06 PM Subject: Re: Disappointed with Ubuntu Server, could be used by such a wider audience The server is more diffic

Re: Disappointed with Ubuntu Server, could be used by such a wider audience

2008-08-02 Thread Anthony Watters
Folks, I've decided that I'll be using either the ClarkConnect (http://clarkconnect.com) which is Red Hat RHEL/Cent OS based or SME Server (www.smeserver.org) with PHP fired up. People on www.whirlpool.net.au report good experiences with both of these offerings. Both come preconfigured and hav

Re: Disappointed with Ubuntu Server, could be used by such a wider audience

2008-08-04 Thread Anthony Watters
One way or another the world is going to head in this direction for home and small business users (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx). Of course, for large scale enterprises, which is where Ubuntu Server is clearly aimed at, it's a different stor