Web-based business server

[Leen Toelen]

Hi,

I have been a system administrator in a couple of startups now, and
something that seems to be missing in the Linux universe is a very simple
getting-started, all-in-one server distribution. There is a real need for a
server OS where you simply pop in a CD, answer some questions, and have a
working ldap server, email server with spam checking, dns server and so on.
The feature set should be basic network management (dns/dhcp/samba
domainserver/samba file server/email server), a web-based management
interface (no need to learn all the config file quirks), and a web interface
for some common tools (look at google for domains, squirrelmail, hula,
spreadsheets). There have been projects before to make some of these
services working together, but most of them were not (or could not be)
integrated in the distributions. Such a distribution should be headless, and
only managed using the web interface.

Are there any plans in this direction, what are your opinions about it?

Regards,
Leen Toelen
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