[Ubuntu-be] I got a question from a potential Ubuntu user

[Jan Claeys]

Op do, 01-06-2006 te 01:53 +0200, schreef Amedee Van Gasse:
> I got an email from noreply at vrijesoftware.be with a question of a 
> potential Ubuntu user.
> He asks if it is possible to learn him how to configure a server. 
> (literally translated).
> 
> I'm a bit confused on what I should reply.
> I registered myself on the steunpunten map as an experienced user, not 
> as a system administrator, exactly because I wanted to avoid this kind 
> of questions. My focus is on helping regular users that want to use 
> Ubuntu for everyday desktop applications (browser, email, office, 
> images, messaging, multimedia,...).
> I feel confident enough to install a server for myself, but not to 
> explain to someone else how to do that.
> Anyway, what kind of server does he need? A file server? A web server? A 
> print server? A mail server? He doesn't mention that... 

With such questions they should go to the ubuntu-nl list, #ubuntu-nl on
freenode, the dutch ubuntu forum, and they should read the (currently
still English) server documentation on the Ubuntu site.

(Or to the French equivalents of course.)

-- 
Jan Claeys