One other thought. I had mentioned a 'Server Management' SIG in the other thread where I suggest a CentOS variant based on our work at ClearFoundation. I would love to work with Alessio, the NethServer team and any other similar project in this space. On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 9:52 AM, David Loper <dloper at clearcenter.com> wrote: > We would be more than happy to work with Alessio and the NethServer team > to consolidate energies. This same invitation goes out to any who are in > this space. It is true that we have a lot of common functions. Our team is > intimately familiar with their architecture and we've already identified > several areas where we can leverage some of their key architecture pieces > into our methods to produce a sum greater than the parts. > > I think the example set my CentOS and RHEL is that we have more in common > than we have in differences and that together we can all reach the common > goals that we have. We welcome the opportunity to work together. > Ultimately, this will be a win for everyone! Exciting things in store for > all of us ;) > > > On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Jim Perrin <jperrin at centos.org> wrote: > >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS-devel mailing list >> CentOS-devel at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel >> > > > > -- > David Loper > Vice President of Technology > ClearCenter > -- > clearcenter.com > twitter.com/pr0f3550r > linkedin.com/in/daveloper > -- David Loper Vice President of Technology ClearCenter -- clearcenter.com twitter.com/pr0f3550r linkedin.com/in/daveloper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20140111/a1848b57/attachment-0007.html>