On 01/10/2014 05:50 AM, Alessio Fattorini wrote: > Hello everybody, > my name is Alessio Fattorini and I'm part of a team of FLOSS developers > that is working on a project named NethServer. We’d like to share with > you our experience and our ideas for the future developments. > You could think of NethServer as CentOS with some extra packages, > particularly > a powerful and extensible web interface that simplifies common > administration tasks. > NethServer is for the sysadmin who appreciates the effectiveness of a > user interface which saves time compared to direct configuration file > modification and for users who want to approach CentOS without having > Linux skills. The Clear folks have proposed a SIG/Variant as well that on the surface sounds somewhat similar. Is there overlap here, where cooperation/coordination between the two groups would be beneficial? > We didn't reinvent the wheel, NethServer is a partial rewrite of the > original SME Server code, focusing on maintainability, extensibility and > standard compliance with CentOS. > We think we achieved those goals with: > * A dynamic, streamlined user-interface > * Standard components, tested widespread configurations > * Minimal differences with upstream (CentOS) > * Easy installation > * Simplified administration tasks > * Use of templates and text-based db for configuration (configuration > will always be consistent) > * Built-in extensibility > Where does this code live currently? is it available via git or similar? > NethServer architecture explicitly supports developers by making it easy > to install and integrate additional software. We quickly added some > pre-configured modules, installable with a “single click”, for example: > LAMP framework > Caching + filtering web proxy (with SSL filter) > SOGo Groupware > Mail Server with Antispam and Antivirus > VPN (OpenVPN and IPsec/L2TP) > Firewall (Shorewall) > Intrusion detection (Snort) > ownCloud Are these packaged in rpm or handled via some other installation method? > More informations could be found on the official project website: > www.nethserver.it. > > As soon as we read about CentOS variants, we have developed the idea of > releasing NethServer as a CentOS variant and we are thinking of a SME > SIG, a group exploring the needs of small enterprises (we are based in > Italy, where the vast majority of enterprises is really small). > According to you, does NethServer meet the basic requirements? > > We’ll be at Brussels Dojo and FOSDEM and we'd love to discuss directly > with you our ideas. > Cheers, > Alessio and the NethServer team Certainly. Please stop by and we can discuss in a bit more detail. -- Jim Perrin The CentOS Project | http://www.centos.org twitter: @BitIntegrity | GPG Key: FA09AD77