[nzlug] 'SME type' all in one distro recommendations

[Howard]

on 23/08/2007 3:12 p.m. Nick Rout wrote:

> On Thu, August 23, 2007 12:29 pm, Howard wrote:
>> I'm looking at an all in one server distro for a small business,
>> that is 90% 'web' managed. 

Hi Nick

> Having said that i used clark connect as a gateway quite a few years ago
> (when I had less boxes). I started to get a bit worried when there seemed
> to be addons for everything and its dog. The concept of samba et al on my
> gateway was a little uncomfortable so I went to ipcop gateway and any old
> distro (redhat at the time i think) for a server.

I also use IPCop, and for a similar reason.  This application is for a 
specific purpose that suits this 'all-on-one-box' style of setup though.

> SME has always been excellent, I used it for a while as an experiment and
> liked it a lot.

A great help, thanks.  It is the one I've played with the most and seems 
to do most of the things I need.

> But probably any distro can do what you want with something like webmin
> added on. Perhaps usbuntu server + webmin?

Thought about that, but Webmin does not really do the same seemless 
integration as the SME/CC/e-box setups appear to.  Might look into this 
further though.

'USbuntu'... the Uncle Sam specific version? ;)

cheers
H