On 20/10/09 15:24, Ryan Dwyer wrote: > Hi everyone, > > What are your thoughts on having a server product that competes with > Windows Server? Something which has a GUI, is very easy to manage and > works best with Ubuntu workstations. > > It could have benefits over Windows, such as: > - Ability to store disk images on the server, then boot workstations > with a live CD and image them in just a few minutes. That way your > workstation is already configured with the software your business uses. > - Ability to audit information automatically. Ubuntu workstations > could send the output of lshw and dpkg -l to the server, which keeps > track of it all. Auditing is important in every business. I don't know > of any automated way to do this in Windows without paying for third > party software. > - Ability to run commands on all/selected workstations, such as > installing new software. The server could connect to Ubuntu > workstations using SSH or through a network agent. > > My theory is that people trying Ubuntu Server are probably Windows > administrators and find it daunting that there's no GUI. If they don't > turn away then, they turn away when they discover there's 48 chapters > of Samba documentation to read through just to get a functional domain > server. Very few administrators would see this as a viable replacement > for their Windows server. > > I believe targeting this market is the key to having Ubuntu take over > the desktop. Businesses will use Ubuntu servers and workstations if > there are great benefits over Windows equivalents. This results in > everyday employees experiencing Ubuntu at work, which leads to Ubuntu > being used at home. > > Someone created a wiki page with similar ideas but it appears to have > been abandoned: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDomainManagementServer > > Please reply with your thoughts. > > -Ryan I think this is a fantastic notion.
I think that EduBuntu does most if not all of this. I think that if we could build a drop in Domain Controller that also speaks to Windows machines, we'd be on a winner. Many years ago (when I was still running Debian), I wrote an article about this: http://itmaze.com.au/articles/cio/ -- Onno Benschop Connected via Bigpond NextG at S31°54'06" - E115°50'39" (Yokine, WA) -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |>>? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 8888 - o...@itmaze.com.au -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
