Roadmap for UbuntuServer

[Joao Inacio]

On 2/20/06, Christian Bjälevik <nafallo at magicalforest.se> wrote:
> mån 2006-02-20 klockan 21:51 +0000 skrev Joao Inacio:
> >  - webserver (apache, mysql, ftp, email)
> lighttpd? postgresql? vsftpd? postfix? exim4? dovecot? courier? cyrus?
>
> >  - router/gateway: firewall
> shorewall? homemade?
>
> >  - file/print server (samba)
> nfs? cupsys?
>
> As you can see everything isn't black and white.
>

that's exactly my point.
though i believe that if there is a good-enough selection of server
software included in main, creating some meta-packages for installing
and pre-configuring these packages would be a good starting point.

experts are still free to choose their prefered applications and
manage everything "by hand", but any user wanting to set up a simple
web/mail/whatever server could start by just installing a
meta-package.

also, i think software like webmin[1] is a very valuable tool to have.

[1] http://www.webmin.com

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João Inácio
jcinacio at gmail.com