On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 08:39:37AM -0500, Luke wrote: > Some have suggested taking eBox and making a fully customized Ubuntu version. > I'm not into actual development now, so I don't know what kind of effort this > would be. Judging by the screenshots of eBox, this could be a way to go.
Note that the eBox project itself used to be based on Debian, and is now re-basing on top of Ubuntu, which is great. > One question I have: Is a web interface really the way to go? Will enterprise > users go for having to have a web server to run admin services? In my personal > view, it would be more reasonable to develop a program for Ubuntu that could > have a GUI front made for it. An actual program is more pro than a web > interface. See also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerGUI for more on this stuff. I'd say that an X11-based GUI on a server box would be a security/maintenance concern to more enterprise admins than a single-purpose, hardened web server (like what eBox needs). And note that you don't get 5 years of support for the X stuff on LTS like you do for server stuff. > Try to input on everything you feel you can contribute to (suggestions, help, > etc.) Thanks. I don't think I've really met you before, Luke. Welcome! Can you tell us some more about you (perhaps in a separate "Introduction" thread)? Neal McBurnett http://mcburnett.org/neal/ -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
