Vince Lombardi - "Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 08:36 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > > I could code to save my life, but not well enough to start a whole > project. > > However, for something like a sbs solution I would think the real talent > > would be in just creating a distro that had solutions pre installed and > > configured with a handful of questions asked during install. You would > need > > LDAP & KRB that could be used for single sign on for Linux, Mac, and > windows > > desktops. You would need Samba for file and print sharing (With ACLs). > You > > would need an exchange like package with cross platform clients. You > would > > need a substitute for SharePoint, terminal services, and a remote desktop > > gateway. You would need Apache with a wiki and a default intra company > > website. You would need something like openvpn. You would need central > > management of desktops. After that you would just need to have easy, > > integrated, management counsel. And I am sure their a half dozen other > > items I am forgetting. I could coble together most of the function, > without > > the central management, client computer management, SharePoint > substitute, > > exchange substitute, and a few others. However to get what I could > replace > > as one unified package is way beyond me. It does seem that SuSE would > > probably give you the closest starting point. > > > > If anyone starts something I could probably help with some things. I > have > > enjoyed my work with win/lin integration using windows as a domain > > controller and would not mind taking a stab at having it work the other > way. > > Actually, where are SuSE and RedHat on their "domain" projects? Anyone > > know? > ---- > I suppose that we have come full circle on this topic. > > Some are determined to only consider a single, consolidated package that > purports to take on Exchange Server on all fronts. > > Some of us are willing to 'cobble' as you put it the various parts and > pieces of open source projects to provide the desired features. I > personally think that this is the only way to go. > > Craig > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > I personally like google's apps for domains. It has calendaring, Imap, and a lot more. -- JD Austin Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC jd@twingeckos.com 480.288.8195x201 http://www.twingeckos.com