Web-based business server

[Matt Zimmerman]

Yes, it's something which has been discussed from time to time, but
presently I'm not aware of anyone actively working on it.

On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 01:48:19PM +0200, Leen Toelen wrote:
> 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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