From: alexm0n@gmail.com
On 22 Jan 2023 10:40:21 GMT, greymaus wrote:
> 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
>
> It seems to me that you would be happier with Windows
Why are you virtue signaling? Perhaps you would be happier on Reddit
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