xubuntu 12.04 and webmin
 

HI,
I installed xubuntu as guest in vmware (works like a charm only don't
use Easy Install) and it runs reasonably stable.
However, first I was annoyed by the ubuntu software center that shows me
a list of advertisements which is IMO very much against Open Source
etiquette. I became much more annoyed when I couldn't find my standard
management tool Webmin in the repositories. I found a lot of useless and
buggy applications and many superfluous or old.
Luckily Gkrellm ( one of my most valuable tools) is still in the
repository and it is 2.3.5 which is reasonably recent.

So why is one of the best admin tools not in the repositories?
(Maybe Oliver Grawert knows the answer?)
Joep

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On 1 May 2012 11:58, Joep L. Blom <jlblom@neuroweave.nl> wrote:
> HI,
> I installed xubuntu as guest in vmware (works like a charm only don't use
> Easy Install) and it runs reasonably stable.
> However, first I was annoyed by the ubuntu software center that shows me a
> list of advertisements which is IMO very much against Open Source etiquette.
> I became much more annoyed when I couldn't find my standard management tool
> Webmin in the repositories. I found a lot of useless and buggy applications
> and many superfluous or old.
> Luckily Gkrellm ( one of my most valuable tools) is still in the repository
> and it is 2.3.5 which is reasonably recent.
> So why is one of the best admin tools not in the repositories?
> (Maybe Oliver Grawert knows the answer?)

Googling for webmin ubuntu 12.04 found this
http://www.unixmen.com/201204-install-webmin-in-ubuntu-12-04/
though I cannot vouch for it.

Colin

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On Tue, 01 May 2012 12:58:18 +0200, Joep L. Blom wrote:

HI,
I installed xubuntu as guest in vmware (works like a charm only don't
use Easy Install) and it runs reasonably stable.
However, first I was annoyed by the ubuntu software center that shows
me a list of advertisements which is IMO very much against Open
Source
etiquette. I became much more annoyed when I couldn't find my
standard

management tool Webmin in the repositories. I found a lot of useless
and buggy applications and many superfluous or old.
Luckily Gkrellm ( one of my most valuable tools) is still in the
repository and it is 2.3.5 which is reasonably recent.
So why is one of the best admin tools not in the repositories?
(Maybe Oliver Grawert knows the answer?)
Joep


If I recall correctly, this was already the case in earlier versions.
You need to fiddle with your /etc/apt/sources.list
Something on this page might help: http://www.webmin.com/deb.html

Best regards,
Patrick Asselman


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On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Joep L. Blom <jlblom@neuroweave.nl> wrote:

HI,

I installed xubuntu as guest in vmware (works like a charm only don't use Easy Install) and it runs reasonably stable.

However, first I was annoyed by the ubuntu software center that shows me a list of advertisements which is IMO very much against Open Source etiquette. I became much more annoyed when I couldn't find my standard management tool Webmin in the repositories. I found a lot of useless and buggy applications and many superfluous or old.


Luckily Gkrellm ( one of my most valuable tools) is still in the repository and it is 2.3.5 which is reasonably recent.

So why is one of the best admin tools not in the repositories?

(Maybe Oliver Grawert knows the answer?)

Joep

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WebMin
The main reason it isn't in Ubuntu is the package was not maintained in Debian and the Debian Developer who had been maintaining it requested its removal a few years ago. *It appears you can get a deb from webmin. *I have no idea how well it is maintained and I wouldn't consider using it myself without further research. *It can be dangerous to allow an application like webmin to modify files.


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>. I found a lot of useless and buggy applications and many superfluous or
old.

Which is exactly what people are saying about Webmin...


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On Tue, 1 May 2012 07:31:27 -0600, compdoc wrote:
. I found a lot of useless and buggy applications and many
superfluous or

old.

Which is exactly what people are saying about Webmin...


Interesting... so what would be a better alternative to Webmin?

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On 01-05-12 15:48, Patrick Asselman wrote:

On Tue, 1 May 2012 07:31:27 -0600, compdoc wrote:

. I found a lot of useless and buggy applications and many
superfluous or

old.

Which is exactly what people are saying about Webmin...


Interesting... so what would be a better alternative to Webmin?

Best regards,
Patrick Asselman

I use webmin since 1998 (it's first version was of 1997) >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webmin
and I haven't had much problems over the years. I would like to hear the
reasons why some people don't like it as it proves to be a very reliable
OS manager (for Linux). Of course you have to become accustomed to its
interface etc. but it was the first system manager with a browser
interface and about customization:why do you think I use Xubuntu?!
I don't like answers like "in Ubuntu is the package was not maintained
in Debian and the Debian Developer who had been maintaining it requested
its removal a few years ago". I'm a scientist Retired) and nonsense
answers annoy me immensely.
It is a pity as I am sure many users would be helped very much by this
package. Of course I can get it from the Webmin site >
http://www.webmin.com/
where you even can download a Debian package but I think it is an
oversight it is not in the Ubuntu repositories.

Joep


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> I would like to hear the reasons why some people
>don't like it as it proves to be a very reliable OS manager
>(for Linux).

In the Ubuntu IRC support channel on freenode, they say that webmin has not
handled conf files properly for the last couple of versions of Ubuntu, among
other reasons.

I left webmin long ago when I learned to set up services in a way that's
native to the OS. Of course, I do understand the desire to control things
from a simple gui.


> I don't like answers like "in Ubuntu is the package was
>not maintained in Debian and the Debian Developer who
>had been maintaining it requested its removal a few years ago".

Is that an imaginary example, or something you've heard that's specific to
webmin?




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On 01-05-12 23:55, compdoc wrote:

I would like to hear the reasons why some people
don't like it as it proves to be a very reliable OS manager
(for Linux).


In the Ubuntu IRC support channel on freenode, they say that webmin has not
handled conf files properly for the last couple of versions of Ubuntu, among
other reasons.

I left webmin long ago when I learned to set up services in a way that's
native to the OS. Of course, I do understand the desire to control things
from a simple gui.



I don't like answers like "in Ubuntu is the package was
not maintained in Debian and the Debian Developer who
had been maintaining it requested its removal a few years ago".


Is that an imaginary example, or something you've heard that's specific to
webmin?



Compdoc,
Chuck Peters > cp@axs.org said it in his mail of yesterday.
However, a sentence beginning with: "they say that.." and than some
uncontrollable statement is also not very trustworthy. It is the way
politicians try to support their ridiculous statements. I would like to
know what webmin does with .conf files as I haven't found any problems.
Even the control file for fetchmail are well handled.
Of course I agree that webmin has his peculiarities if you don't know
what you do it can make your system unusable. But that is your
responsibility not of some developer who tries to think for you. That
attitude is the "we know what's good for you" attitude of big companies
(MS, Apple IBM, Oracle, etc.). That's the reason for crappy UI's as the
developer thinks he knows all and that's what makes me furious.
Before my retirement I managed a team of programmers where - very seldom
- someone thought also along those lines: only for a very short period!.


Sorry for the rant but I think a good and unique program deserves better
in the Ubuntu community. However, I work with Ubuntu since version 6 and
have always seen this attitude to webmin.
Of course, in the old days we managed systems from the CL (actually I
still prefer that) but even with the few systems I manage (4) it is handy.

Joep
(using UNIX since 1992)


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> However, a sentence beginning with: "they say that.."
>and than some uncontrollable statement is also not very trustworthy.

Dismissing information because of the way someone says it does not sound an
ideal way to deal with information.

It's always nice when someone takes the (sometimes considerable) time to do
your research for you, but no one should depend solely on the generosity of
others.


> Of course I agree that webmin has his peculiarities if you don't know
>what you do it can make your system unusable.

It would be interesting to know how many computer professionals use Webmin.
Anyone care to comment?


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