----- Forwarded message from Svetoslav Slavtchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 02:28:42 +0200 (CEST) From: Svetoslav Slavtchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Svetoslav Slavtchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Cooker] linuxconf to contribs? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: > > you can configure samba/ apache/ ...., manage packages, ..... > > with ncursses DrakConf ? > > Find out for yourself: > > # unset DISPLAY > # drakxconf > # drakwizard just tried it, samba : -linuxconf- shows all my shares, and allows me to create new ones -drakwiz - allows me to create only a new share, not to see the existent configuration > Hmm, drakwizard seems to miss a cancel button in ncurses, so you may > need > to background it to kill it ... but it works. > > If there is anything that linuxconf does better, it is more worthwhile > implementing it well in drakxtools than wasting time supporting a tool > which is written only for Redhat. i think it runs on almost any distribution, Mandrake, Debian ... implementing all the linuxconf features in drakxtools seems to me more like reinventing the weel. besides drakxtools look to me more user oriented, tools for configuring a server are missing -- one should use webmin or linuxconf or vi. > And with libconf, it may be better for more people to start writing > tools/wizards ... > > Buchan > > ----- End forwarded message -----
