I've made a specs page here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBusinessServer You can also see some mockup pictures I made here: Name and Role: http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/1210/namerole.png Computer Details: http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1740/computerz.png Workstation Images: http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6757/22666240.png Web Server: http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1795/webserver.png
I'm unsure at this stage whether I'll submit it to Brainstorm or go straight to a Launchpad blueprint, but at least I've got a spec for people to look at. Any feedback or suggestions are appreciated. -Ryan On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher < christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk> wrote: > Shentino wrote: > > I can't very well speak as a "heavy iron" type server administrator but > as > > an "end user peon", so to speak, I have found that GUIs add convenience, > and > > in many cases "point and click" is faster and more convenient than doing > > everything on a command line. Doubly so if due to a caffeine shortage > I'm a > > bit of a sloppy typist. > > My two cents. > > > > You obviously have not tried to 'point and click' a few dozen iterations > while installing and configuring a Windows computer. That is > INCONVENIENT and takes AGES. Although it is not command line, I use > keyboard shortcuts to speed up the process. Alt-N, Alt-A, Alt-I for > installing dotnetfx for example. No way you can beat the keyboard. Even > better if you can use command line switches to forego the entire process > of "point and click". A command line version asking 'Y/N' is just as > likely to be faster than any point and click too. > > > This whole GUI for administration business is a complete sham imho and > only serves the needs of paper MCSEs or whatever they call the latest > version of certificates from Microsoft. These guys need to LEARN MORE > whether they will continue administer Windows or move to Linux. > > > > -- > 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 >
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