On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 10:23:01AM -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote: > > One thing that I find difficult is the manual configuration of > > common server tasks in Debian. I was installing a bunch > > of Windows 2003 Servers *cough* *cough* recently for an > > organization and was very intrigued with the Wizard interface > > to setting up a server. All tasks including installing of server > > components, or modifing typical server roles are through a > > unified tool. Of course, manual hacking is still available. > > Apart from the specific implementation ideas presented by this > poster, it sounds to me like this is an as-yet unaddressed Custom > Debian Distribution[0] opportunity, if there are developers who > would be interested in undertaking such an effort. In other words, > there ought to exist a CDD containing a variety of the best software > within Debian targetted at admins wishing to set up a server box (or > a set of server boxes) quickly and painlessly. At Debconf4, the Debian-NP folks are working both on specifications and production of a server-based CDD/flavor designed to showcase Debian's server capacity -- particularly in non-profit organizations. You can join #debian-np to check up us if you're interested. In any case, we'll be sure to do a post-mortem and send it to -nonprofit and -custom. Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill mako@debian.org http://mako.yukidoke.org/
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