From: greymaus@dmaus.org   
      
   On 2023-01-22, Henrik Carlqvist  wrote:   
   > On Sat, 21 Jan 2023 15:38:56 +0000, Rich wrote:   
   >>   "Webmin is a powerful and flexible web-based server management   
   >>    control panel for Unix-like systems.  Webmin allows the user to   
   >>    configure operating system internals, such as users, disk quotas,   
   >>    services or configuration files, as well as modify and control   
   >>    open-source apps, such as BIND, Apache HTTP Server, PHP or MySQL."   
   >>   
   >> I.e., a crutch for those who don't know what they are doing.   
   >>   
   >> greymaus  wrote:   
   >>> Use the terminal, it is a sturdier system, and easier to manage.   
   >>   
   >> Indeed, yes.  And given that they posted in a Slackware group, this is   
   >> what they *should* be doing anyway.   
   >   
   > It depends...   
   >   
   > Yes, if you are a Slackware user, using your computer as a personal   
   > computer as you want to learn Unix, you should learn how to manage your   
   > computer from the terminal.   
   >   
   > Yes, if you are a system administrator, providing Slackware on servers   
   > and workstations used by multiple users, you should know how to manage   
   > all those machines from the command line. This includes stuff like   
   > building and deploying custom packages with software and settings and   
   > connecting those machines in a network with common view of users and some   
   > disks.   
   >   
   > But no, if you are using Slackware as a base to build a more or less   
   > embedded product serving some kind of specific purpose like a LAMP-server   
   > or DNS-server for users and administrators in a network not willing or   
   > capable of learning Unix, webmin might be a good choice to manage that   
   > product.   
   >   
   > regards Henrik   
      
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