Server comments

[Anthony David]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 12:38:49PM -0700, Jim Bodkikns Dakotacom" wrote:
>    The desktop is for graphical admin functions. I am not always available. 
> It is extremely usefull to be able to have a less able person (albeit 
> responsible person) admin common things. This is just out of the question 
> absent a desktop. WebMin could be used I suppose, but not including a 
> desktop is a false economy and just encourages the use of underpowered and 
> configured systems as servers.
> 
>    This is more about a deployed server than my personal server.

Are you saying there is noone else with the training/will to learn to admin the
servers? There is a danger that you leave and the ubuntu/linux servers leave too.

> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Julio Biason" <julio.biason at gmail.com>
> To: "Ubuntu Help and User Discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Server comments
> 
> 
> On 2/16/06, Jim Bodkikns (Dakotacom) <JimBodkins at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >    My real problem is with the server install. Come on guys. Are you
> > serious? What you call a server install, stopped being useful ten years 
> > ago.
> > Contemporary servers require desktops and more. (I am more than capable of
> > admining a server from a command line. But a credible and 'deployed' 
> > server
> > needs admining by others, not just me)
> 
> I don't get it. I mean, why a server would ever need a desktop? A
> server won't be used for anything other than serving a network. You
> won't write a document on a server, just store it there.
> 
> But I agree that the name "server" is a little bit misleading: it
> actually install just the base system. It won't even install apache or
> any other serve (except for postfix, that also comes with the desktop
> install), so it isn't a server on the real meaning of the word. Maybe
> "base"?
> 
> [PS: Looking at that perspective, your view of a server is just a
> normal desktop install followed by the installation of the servers you
> want]
> 
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