Zentyal

[Liam Proven]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 2:59 AM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 02:31 +0000, Liam Proven wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On 11/21/2010 08:17 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
>> >> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Wade Smart<wadesmart at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> >>> Im looking at Zentyal Server for small organization.
>> >>> Anyone using this?
>> >>> Any problems? Anything one should know?
>> >>
>> >> I tried it recently. You can read my opinions here:
>> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/18/zentyal_review/
>> >>
>> >> Summary: as a firewall, quite poor. As a fileserver, OK, but if you
>> >> want an easy life, use SME Server instead. If you don't mind a bit of
>> >> filling in boxes to configure things, try ClearOS. Zentyal is quite
>> >> immature compared to both.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Actually, that is the article that got me started ;D
>> >
>> > SME... checking it out then.
>>
>> Ahaha! :¬) Well, you're welcome!
>>
>> You might find it interesting to also read the other articles in the series:
>>
>> Pt 1:
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/17/linux_servers_for_windows_folk/
>>
>> Pt 2:
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/17/review_sme_server/
>>
>> Pt 3:
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/19/clear_os_review/
>>
>> They've not published the conclusions yet.
>
> THAT will be very interesting! Good job! Ric

Thanks! Very kind of you.

Summary: if you want it to Just Work & don't mind no modularity, go
for SME Server.

If you want customisation, go for ClearOS.

Don't go for Zentyal unless you're particularly wedded to the Ubuntu
way of doing things.

TBH, all of them are meant as server for Windows boxes, plus Macs for
SME Server. None are ideal as a server for Linux machines, although
they'll do it.

Me, I would like to see Canonical adopt Zentyal and build a
professional, free Linux server that was the functional equal of
Windows SBS and the equal to Ubuntu Desktop in polish and finish. It
could be done. Ubuntu Server is, IMHO, a disgrace: it's not a server
OS, it's a bag of tools and bits to build your own server OS, and as
such, it lets down the Ubuntu name and brand.

Zentyal is not nearly there in polish yet, but it can see it in the distance.

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