Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 15:15:59 +0100 From: Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: its freebsd easy as MAC Message-ID: <523EFB9F.4020700@fjl.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <BAY174-W10505C15BB0F7013935E7E972C0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY174-W10505C15BB0F7013935E7E972C0@phx.gbl>
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The Macintosh and Windows user environments hide the complexities, allowing unskilled server administrators to do a limited number of things in an easy way without any understanding of the underlying technology. This is what a lot of people want. Underneath the wizards, the Macintosh OS is very similar to FreeBSD. While GUIs exist for FreeBSD (note the plural), it was never designed to be simple for unskilled operators to administer and it won't be a comfortable experience for Macintosh users looking for a simple point-and-click subset of server options (or Windows users, come to that). However, I can't quite bring myself to recommend either a Macintosh or Windows as a server. Some Linux distributions position themselves as a half-way between Windows and UNIX. There are some platforms with FreeBSD underneath but bundled with a GUI (or web front end). FreeNAS is an obvious example, and I believe it supports a web server plugin (or will do soon). Personally I've not got on with FreeNAS as I get frustrated by trying to figure things the GUI way and end up editing the config files directly to get what I want. But then I've wasted a lifetime learning how, and it was never written with me in mind. Most UNIX servers wishing to give users simplified administration seem to go for cPanel, which is a web-based server administration front-end (although I don't think it supports FreeBSD 9). There are open source alternatives such as Webmin (and Kloxo, ISPConfig, Zpanel, Ajenti - Linux only?). So why was I so negative about your chances? You will probably have difficulty installing them yourself if you're used to a Macintosh and I don't want you to have a bad experience. If you can get some local help to set it up for you, that would be different. Regards, Frank. On 22/09/2013 12:24, IT Tuga wrote: > hi there i would like to ask if freebsd is easy as mac for server admin > like mac dont need to be any it expert any one can admin and host sites on MAC with few clicks > not like windows and linux its hard to setup a website > > > MAC interface its very easy and fast for hosting and run a webserver this is why many people applies for use MAC easy to use > > > does freebsd has any admin webserver as mac is like just upload the files to directory > open the admin setup the domain name choose the file index and done its up and running > > > i would like to use freebsd if has easy GUI if not i will aplly for use MAC instead > > > hope to hear from you for easy GUI freebsd > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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