On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 14:12 +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: > I can understand your comment about dselect, I hated it too (and I think > it's the consensus), but aptitude is totally different and being able to > avoid X11 means: > 1. faster interface over long distance. > 2. avoids installing tons of X11-related stuff on a headless server > 3. avoid opening possibly other holes in the system.
I don't think you'll find there's much interest in developing such a beast. System administrators usually administer a whole scad of machines. They are much more inclined to centralise authentication, use their own repository containing meta-packages of software and configure these using cfengine or puppet. The aim of Systems Administration In The Large is to avoid ssh-ing into machines. Life's too short to issue the same command 50 times, let alone fumble through 50 menus. -- Glen Turner -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
