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It gives you the same abilities as Webmin, but it is/will be so much more. No need to fiddle around with config files (like Webmin) but at the same time it pres

It gives you the same abilities as Webmin, but it is/will be so much more. No need to fiddle around with config files (like Webmin) but at the same time it presents the configurations in ways that non-sysadmins might hope to understand. Installing and configuring webapps like Wordpress/Drupal/ownCloud and others with one click. Managing websites and emails in an intuitive and "easy" way. Webmin is great, but if you aren't a Linux sysadmin it doesn't really make hosting things any easier. Think of arkOS/Genesis as Webmin but with a better design, much easier to use and a more modular style of operation. It's kinda hard to explain because the plugins I am referring to are still works-in-progress. But as a longtime Webmin user, I can assure you that it goes above and beyond what Webmin does. It's actually a lot closer to Zentyal, but targeted for personal use, and bringing in many more improvements.

muyuu 13y ago
I don't think complex installs full of options can really be reduced to a single click (without compromising security massively). "Think of arkOS/Genesis as Webmin but with a better design, much easier to use and a more modular style of operation." Ok that's a good goal. Although right now it doesn't seem to cover even a small fraction of what Webmin does. And even if it did, the "de-cloud everything" claim seems far-fetched from what a super-duper-better-Webmin would really do. Something like providing email in a local server involves a whole lot more than keeping an email daemon running. I'm sceptical that you can make even the network set-up "one click", or SSL tunnelling, or actual encryption which would be essential for something like that. Each of these are on their own massive, unsolved problems. Anyway, I will reserve judgement for later. The design looks good, that's all I can say at this point.

muyuu 13y ago

I don't think complex installs full of options can really be reduced to a single click (without compromising security massively). "Think of arkOS/Genesis as Webmin but with a better design, much easier to use and a more modular style of operation." Ok that's a good goal. Although right now it doesn't seem to cover even a small fraction of what Webmin does. And even if it did, the "de-cloud everything" claim seems far-fetched from what a super-duper-better-Webmin would really do. Something like providing email in a local server involves a whole lot more than keeping an email daemon running. I'm sceptical that you can make even the network set-up "one click", or SSL tunnelling, or actual encryption which would be essential for something like that. Each of these are on their own massive, unsolved problems. Anyway, I will reserve judgement for later. The design looks good, that's all I can say at this point.