Ubuntu server GUI

[Luke L]

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Mario Spinthiras <mspinthiras at gmail.com> wrote:
> My 2p,
>
> You don't need a higher layer on top of ubuntu or any other Linux
> distro to handle your linux distro. The thought only complicates an
> admin's life and is unecessary. As for a GUI , stick to windows if you
> feel a GUI is appropriate. People with Linux have done just fine with
> an "as is" approach to the UI and it's not going to change whatever
> you say or do.


You're one of "those"... Listen, Linux is powerful and can do anything
you want it to do in terms of software (Except play Supreme Commander)
from the command line. We are all aware. But GUIs really can and do
help productivity with increasingly complicated tasks. A GUI or
"Server Console", as the term is coined, is an abstraction layer to
help make the system more integrated and easy to manage.

Ubuntu's goal is to be a Linux distribution for the masses, for the
desktop AND server; to make things easy and understandable without
compromising power. The server console is a part of this, and I fully
believe it will be developed as some of our programmers are done with
this hectic 6-month period.

Finally, don't EVER tell people "Use Windows for a GUI". That is a
misguided statement that does not take into consideration of the other
MANY reasons why someone would be using a Linux box over a Windows
one.
-- 
Luke L.