It's been a while since my last post...
From my point of view, what was great in the last months:
- SME Server 7.0 and 7.1 releases.
- Several updates to 7.0 and 7.1 releases
-
http://bugs.contribs.org/ (lots of useful information)
- A lot more developers are participating as we can see at
http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=96750- wiki.contribs.org (needs a lot of work but it looks promising)
And now, what did not go so well (just my opinion):
- This forum: lack of a beginners section (essential), lack of SME Server Major Topics (email, windows networking, linux networking, tcp/ip networking, antivirus/antispam filtering, remote access, etc), lack of SME Contribs/Addons Major Topics (asterisk/selintra, web filtering, backup/dar2, web applications, ldap/samba integration, etc).
- This forum practise and guidelines: see the
http://ubuntuforums.org for an excellent example on how to manage a forum.
- Lack of good documentation: see
https://help.ubuntu.com and
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ for excellent examples on how to initiate and support beginners and advanced users.
- Confusion about the main domains: contribs.org or smeserver.org?
Why am I writing this? Well, 6 months ago I decided to put Ubuntu Linux on my desktops and I am loving it because: it's easy to understand, very well documented and I know what to expect from the distro (2 releases each year) and from the people behind it (they really listen the users and communicate their decisions very well).
Comparing to SME Server (which is my main server) my first try was back in 2000/2001 and today I still don't know how to properly adapt my box to my needs or to my clients' needs (specially ldap integration). Therefore I still recommend Windows Servers to them (around 25/30) but I am already switching theirs Windows XP/2000 boxes to Ubuntu.
Just my 2 cents,
Nuno
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