When I asked, my rimuhosting hosting provider (in New Zealand) offered to update my debian-based virtual server and websites hosted there for a few $K. Excellent; in Portland a good sysadmin costs $K per day.
Then they started talking about the "virtualmin" GUI interface to control those apps (apache, moinmoin, sendmail, openvpn, etc.), as opposed to commented /etc/ config files updated with vi (and old versions of files saved with rev numbers), which I've used since SVR4 roamed the Earth. How many here control their servers with "invisible" config files generated by GUI interfaces? Without commented text files, how do you *verify* WYSIWYG? How many prefer editing configuration files (mostly in /etc), paying attention to file permissions, adding explanatory comments, and backing up their prior config files since forever, as I've done for decades? Keith L. PS: I have been a sloppy touch typist for more than 60 years, when an insolvent client of my father taught me typewriter typing in her classes to pay down part of her debt. Weak small kid, mechanical typewriters, the phrase "touch typing" wasn't accurate. These days, I'm OK with a mouse, but not a touch screen. My most frequently used key is backspace, used about 60 times while writing this paragraph. GUIs are difficult, screen phones impossible. Are text-heads like me doomed? -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
