Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] In the news ...

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Quoting "Bruce Smith" <bw...@re...>:

>>> http://www.linux.com/feature/147977
>>
>> Seems like his only major complain is the lack of a GUI.
>
> I agree a GUI would be a BIG improvement.  Right now we're limited to
> Linux gurus to do anything beyond a basic firewall.  A GUI would open
> DL to many more potential users.
>
> One other thing we need is automatic hardware detection, especially
> for network cards.
>
>> Maybe we need to revisit Webmin for DL, but the initial implementation
>> may take quite some time.
>
> I've never used Webmin, but that might be a good option.
>
> Does Webmin require Apache?  Or will it run with smaller web servers?
> A requirement of Apache would increase the memory requirements.

Webmin is written in Perl and actually brings it's own http(s) server with it.

> What other options are there, besides Webmin?

Not sure, I'd guess webmin has the most features.


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Regards
   Heiko Zuerker
   http://www.devil-linux.org


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