Bug#158719: RFP: gnomesystools -- System administration tools for GNOME

["Mark Howard" <mh@tildemh.com>]

Package: wnpp
Version: N/A; reported 2002-08-29
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : gnomesystools
* URL             : http://www.gnome.org/projects/gst/index.html 
  Description     : System administration tools for GNOME

 Formerly known as the Ximian Setup Tools, the GST are a fully integrated set of tools aimed to make easy the job that means the computer administration on an UNIX or Linux system. They're thought to help from the new Linux or UNIX user to the system administrators. The GNOME System Tools are free software, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

It's main advantages are:

    * Full integration with the new GNOME Control Center.
    * An user-friendly interface to carry out the main administration tasks.
    * The use of a common user interface in every system.
    * A common structure that makes easy the development of new system tools.

Nowadays there are tools for managing:

    * Users and groups
    * Date and time
    * Network configuration
    * X Server configuration
    * Bootloaders
    * Runlevels 

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux pathfinderii.chu.cam.ac.uk 2.4.18 #16 Mon Apr 22 11:33:37 BST 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

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