Thank you, being a Windows guy, I didn't know about webmin, tried it and was impressed. New Server coming up no GUI...
On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 08:39 +0100, Bas Smeelen wrote: > On 03/10/2011 04:33 AM, Juan C. Valido wrote: > > I'm an old "foggie" also and a lifetime Windows guy and I did a lot of > > research and a lot of trial and error until I found Dan's blog. God > > Bless the Man! Without his blog I would not have this server up. And yes > > it's running gnome. https://www.dan.me.uk/blog/category/freebsd/ > > > > On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 09:42 +0800, Foo JH wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> I know the steps are documented on the Handbook and all. I've tried to > >> read, follow, and re-read the steps, but I'm not still getting any > >> popular window manager up and running on my FreeBSD servers. Meanwhile > >> new hires are seduced by the comes-with-it windows manager via Ubuntu > >> Desktop (yes, they abstained from the server edition because they really > >> wanted the GUI). > Hi > Why would you want a window manager on your servers? > Do you all work directly on the consoles? > Do you have window managers/desktop environments on the workstations and > access your servers remotely? > It's not very hard, I would say it's easier, to configure your servers and > services from the commandline with ssh. > Or if you really want something graphical then webmin would be fine also. > This is what I tend to roll-out for other > (graphical oriented) administrators and with some custom commands configured > this works great for them. > > > DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is for the intended recipient(s) only. Access, > disclosure, copying, > distribution or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited. If you > have received it > by mistake please let us know by reply and then delete it from your system. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
