Topic: SME8 suggestion

[wires]

a suggestion for the version 8 of sme server.. maybe a better look-n-feel administration interface or a redesigned interface i think could be a good idea. Right now it's only white & black, which, in my opinion is fine but boring too (in my opinion) , something perhaps theme-able ?

[Stefano]

wires: please raise a NFR for it in bugzilla

anyway, the administration interface is an ADMINISTRATION interface, not a website.. you should use it, not watch it

ciao
Stefano

[wires]

wires: please raise a NFR for it in bugzilla

anyway, the administration interface is an ADMINISTRATION interface, not a website.. you should use it, not watch it

ciao
Stefano

i should probably use it, you're right.

[CharlieBrady]

a suggestion for the version 8 of sme server.. maybe a better look-n-feel administration interface or a redesigned interface i think could be a good idea.

Unless you are offering to do this work, or to pay someone else to do it, then you will be wasting your time in opening a NFR. SME server software is not created by magic, or by you wishing for it.

[wires]

you guys are right..

[David Harper]

Wasn't there a clone of SME Server where the authors beautified the interface? This would have been some years ago.

[JohnG]

Kirux Kuadra maybe? Their website is dead so it's either gone or laying low:

http://freshmeat.net/projects/kuadraes

[David Harper]

Could well have been - though if the entity responsible for it is passed on, we may not get any code from downstream.

Pity.

[shawnbishop]

It is called "ClarkeConnect", but commercial after 10 users..

http://www.clarkconnect.com/

[Stefano]

It is called "ClarkeConnect", but commercial after 10 users..
http://www.clarkconnect.com/

CC has nothing to do with SME..

Ciao
Stefano

[shawnbishop]

Looks pretty much like SME to me, just a prettier interface..and of course commercial..

[Stefano]

Looks pretty much like SME to me, just a prettier interface..and of course commercial..

no, I repeat.. there's nothing between SME and CC but the source IIRC (RH)

about the web interface: I think that we don't need a prettier one.. server-manager could/should be improved maybe, but we don't need fancy icons or other.. in the normal use, you should touch it few times, not every day.. as I said, you should use it, not watch it.

anyway, as Charlie pointed out, if anyone out there wish a prettier interface, the only way to have it is to pay someone or to do on your own..

Ciao
Stefano

[wires]

i have decided to move on and to switch from SME to ubuntu server with webmin, it has everything i need and it's more bug free. Also webmin is themeable it isn't that i am only looking for a cool interface but of course i want something to work, for me.

cheers

[cactus]

i have decided to move on and to switch from SME to ubuntu server with webmin, it has everything i need and it's more bug free.

I think you are mixing up a few things. All software has bugs and I do not think SME Server has more bugs than ubuntu (just have a look at the number of open bugs in their bugtracker at the time of writing there are 53999 (SME Server has around 500) open bugs (and I know there are a lot more pacakges supported/installed on Ubuntu than in SME Server but they have over a 100 times more bugs in the open state)).

SME Server is geared towards a more restrictive function than Ubuntu is and is meant for non/minimal linux capable system administrators as well.

I would be very pleased if you would report the bugs you have found in the bugtracker, as we can fix them when we are aware of them, running away without reporting the bug will not help us improve the quality.

[wires]

I know ubuntu have many bugs like has more users who contribute on finding them, but what took me 2 weeks with SME took only 2 days with ubuntu, and to tell you the truth, i had never touched Ubuntu in my life before so in server mode i learned quick and thanks to webmin i dont need to edit conf files.

One of the main problems was that i was trying to use 2 Harddisks on the SME machine but SME never was able to report it working correctly, i did many reinstalls thinking that maybe SME will finally install the 2nd hdd in raid correctly. I have even tried mounting the 2nd hdd in fstab but SME server-manager dont have the capabilities to use it with SAMBA. Ubuntu did this in matter of seconds. I am currently running everything perfectly in ubuntu, the only last thing i am looking for is the TFTP server module for webmin and everything will be done with the server and i will be able to finally rest my head and enjoy intranet! I even installed Xubuntu on my IBM pc which is now connected to my 40" tv running compiz

SME and Ubuntu are similar in many ways.... so i guess that's the reason why i had no problems picking up Ubuntu.

cheers