xubuntu 12.04 and webmin

[NoOp]

On 05/01/2012 03:58 AM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
...
> However, first I was annoyed by the ubuntu software center that shows me 
> a list of advertisements which is IMO very much against Open Source 
> etiquette. 

+1

Ubuntu is now advertiser sponsored... I reckon that they've taken the
Google/Yahoo/advertiser approach. I wonder if they have a 'paid' version
that doesn't include commercial crap.

> I became much more annoyed when I couldn't find my standard 
> management tool Webmin in the repositories. 

You'd have to go way back to find Webmin in the repositories:

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/328324>
Jamie Cameron can probably fill you in on the rest...

Check the archives for this list as it's certainly been discussed in the
past :-) IIRC all of the hoopla regarding Webmin back in 2005-2008 was
addressed by the developer. My guess is that bad blood from that kept it
from getting packaged afterwards.

For 12.04:
http://webmin.com/
[Webmin development version 1.587 with Ubuntu 12.04 support]

Perhaps you modify your webmin repos to point to the devel area?
http://download.webmin.com/devel/deb/

> I found a lot of useless and 
> buggy applications and many superfluous or old.

What others did you try?
Ubuntu were flogging ebox. ebox ended up as commercial zentyal:
http://www.zentyal.com/en
and of course there is a commercial tie between Canonical/Ubuntu and zental:
<http://www.zentyal.com/?s=ubuntu>
<http://www.zentyal.com/en/services/ubuntu-advantage/>
"Zentyal, as an authorized reseller of Canonical, offers Ubuntu
Advantage to ..."
And of course if nobody convinced that Zentyal is pretty much
hand-in-hand with Canonical, check out the newly announced Zentyal
Community Council:
<http://trac.zentyal.org/wiki/Structure/CommunityCouncil>
Wonder where they got the idea of a 'Community Council'? Drum roll please...
<http://trac.zentyal.org/wiki/Structure/Governance.
"SABDFL

This is not a democracy, it's a meritocracy.
...>
Don't worry, you can buy the book:
https://store.zentyal.com/training/book-admin-en.html

Maybe Webmin/Jamie Cameron wasn't sufficiently polished, or didn't cut a
deal with Canonical/Ubuntu/SABDFL?
...