-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tony Yarusso wrote on 31/07/08 16:18: > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Anthony Watters > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 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 server that uses SME Server >> (http://smeserver.com) and ClarkConnect (http://clarkconnect.com) as >> a starting point only not crippled, and much better. > > a) It's not unfriendly to those who run servers and know how these > things are supposed to work.
That's begging the question: it's assuming that the only people who should use a server are those who have the time to learn how to set up Ubuntu Server in its current form. A few months ago I had a chat with one of the IT staff at my old high school. He uses a variety of Linux-based OSes, including Ubuntu (though he prefers Linux Mint). He'd like to use Ubuntu Server for the school network, and tried it, but had to give up after a few minutes because it had no graphical configuration. He just doesn't have that much time. So, they're still using Windows servers. >... > I still don't know what you mean by "preconfigure". Shall someone > from Canonical come out to survey my setup and interview me about my > needs, go back to their office and configure it, then ship it out to > me? No configuration will be shared from one user to another, so > shipping anything by default would be worthless. If you need someone > else to configure it, you want to hire an Ubuntu server administration > consultant. >... I'm glad that Ubuntu's desktop edition doesn't take that attitude. :-) Cheers - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIkd726PUxNfU6ecoRAp+eAJ9eISXJdt4R8Q8tVS1+l9SOMlEoMQCfes8Q N5HNhCC2hKMGYKVDRIf94rw= =BFeT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
