[ale] Help with server setup

[brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)]

On 09/14/2009 05:26 PM, Craig Button wrote:
> I'm looking to set up a server for a small non proffit, for their use
> only.  (the group provides scholorships to nursing students).  Prob
> about 25 users from aroudn the country.  I'm looking for Web page, file
> sharing, and a discusion forum, with possibly a live chat function, but
> that isn't really needed.  I'm looking for suggestions for a set up than
> a non tech kind of guy can handle.  I still use command line IRC and am
> comfortble with command lines but that's about it.
>  

For a true non-tech-guy setup, I'd look at at a distribution with a web
management interface. Here are two I've seen mentioned a lot.

http://www.clearfoundation.com/ (formerly clarkconnect, based on red hat)
http://ebox-platform.com/ (based on ubuntu)

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All the best,
Brian Pitts