Hi, we have already created a server distro, which will be downloadable shortly. At the moment we are still testing it. To combine the Desktop and the Server would not be a bad idea, but you might run into the problem of how you would fit it on a CD. ubuntu-desktop (META) leads to a server distro with full desktop of 700 Mb, when we add the servers with the default settings it amounts to +/- 850 Mb. Of course you can remove certain things or bypass the ubuntu-desktop META, but what will you drop, what will you keep ? The translation for the desktop is necessary, but early reactions from some people who tested the server-side of things was 'where's my English'. Also the ubuntu server kernel supports more server hardware (hardware RAID a.s.o.), whereas the ubuntu generic kernel supports some more recent hardware. Putting two kernels on the distro is no problem, but we have not yet managed to install them side by side through ubiquity (which (I think) is at the moment the better installer). We also wrote some scripts to ease the transition from dhcp to static ip in a console, and automated the full server install. Just one question ? What frontend would you use for the server management ? Webmin, SWAT, Ebox, a.s.o. It's all out there. Regards, Tux de Luxe (Michel Vanhonacker) <div class="gmail_quote"> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:05 AM, <a href="mailto:kenneth.westelinck@pandora.be">kenneth.westelinck@pandora.be</a> <<a href="mailto:kenneth.westelinck@telenet.be">kenneth.westelinck@telenet.be</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">- An LDAP to serve as Samba PDC backend? Obviously this small business server will likely be accessed by Windows workstations, so it is always nice to have them in the same domain. - Cups, to be able to print from the network I have been working on setting up a small server at home and have documented this on my blog: <a href="http://kennywest.blogspot.com/search/label/firewyse" target="_blank">http://kennywest.blogspot.com/search/label/firewyse</a> So yes, there is knowledge :) >----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- >Van : Michel Daggelinckx [mailto:<a href="mailto:michel.daggelinckx@gmail.com">michel.daggelinckx@gmail.com</a>] >Verzonden : woensdag , januari  21, 2009 12:34 AM >Aan : <a href="mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >Onderwerp : [Ubuntu-be] SMB server <div class="Ih2E3d">> >Last night i had a short talk with janC about creating a cd/dvd for a >business server. >Small business often lack the skills to use an out of the box distro so >i think this will add value to the ubuntu line of products. > >On a local level we should also focus on translation. > >This should contain software needed by small bussinesses and easy >configuration trough a web interface. > </div><div class="Ih2E3d">>included software: > >apache intraweb >apache internet >mysql >php >bind >dhcpd >postfix >dovecot >sugarcrm >webmail >samba >shorewall >nat routing >clamav >spamassassin >asterisk + freepbx >weboffice ? > </div><div class="Ih2E3d">>installer options for server or desktop so only 1 disk is needed. >desktop containing no games, multimedia only basic business applications. > </div>>any more ideas? <div class="Ih2E3d">> >Do we have the knowledge to do this? > > </div>>Michel Daggelinckx <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> > >-- >ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:<a href="mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > >Modify settings or unsubscribe at: ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be</a> > > -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:<a href="mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>