GUIs on servers and servergui factoid

[Neal McBurnett]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:17:52PM +0000, Adam McGreggor wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 02:19:55PM -0700, Neal McBurnett wrote:
> > I suggest this for a factoid entry, and will work with the folks in
> > #ubuntu-ops to teach it to ubotu if folks like it:
> > 
> > servergui:
> > 
> >  Ubuntu server does not install a desktop environment or X11 by
> 
> is "desktop environment" defined elsewhere?

Not that I know of in ubotu, but I think it is a pretty common term in
Ubuntu packages etc.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment

> >  default in order to enhance security, efficiency and performance.
> >  !eBox provides a GUI management option via a web interface.  See
> 
> - !eBox provides a GUI management option via a web interface.  See
> + !eBox provides a web interface to systems management users can install. See

Thanks for the feedback.

Your description is good, but I was trying to include the term that
users think they are looking for - a gui for managing the system.  So
I'll propose

!eBox provides a GUI system management option via a web interface.

> >  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerGUI for more background and
> >  options.
> 
> (I think i've remembered correctly that ebox isn't going to be
> installed, by default. That's correct, isn't it?)

I think so - thus it is an "option".

Cheers,

Neal McBurnett                 http://mcburnett.org/neal/