On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 18:09 +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote: > George Farris wrote: > > Lets start again. Yes, contrary to popular "geek" culture, there are > > people that would like to: > > > > A) Install a home server from CD > > B) Login and be presented with a list of options for configuring that > > server > > C) Not have to understand how to run the server at the "guts" level. > > > > Do you want to shared your music on your network? > > Yes > > Where is your music located? > > Done > > > > Do you want to share files with others on your network? > > Yes > > Fine -> Proceed to share definitions. > > Define file locations and security > > > > Would you like to run a web server? > > Yes > > Fine this is now set up and you can connect here: > > It sounds like you're asking for gnome-app-install (the Add/Remove > application in the main menu) to include Apache in its application list, > and to add whatever bits and pieces are necessary for Samba and related > packages to be counted as "supported applications". > > If someone from the gnome-app-install team is listening, they might be > able to tell you how much technical know-how is needed to make the above > happen. Otherwise, you could e-mail one of them or post a question > asking how you'd get started on it: > > https://answers.launchpad.net/gnome-app-install > > Either way, I think this is a good idea, and I'm glad you volunteered to > do something about it :p
Hahaha, good one Andrew. Seems to me there was an Ubuntu home server team having a go at this a few years ago but...not sure what happened to them. I think this goes beyond gnome-app-install a fair ways. Maybe as a first step a script would work. Then expand upon that one at a time. Rapache might work for Apache but then it might be too complex for a home server. I'll think about it. Thanks for the encouragement. George -- 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
