Re:Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for...
by vladvasiliu on Saturday February 20, 2021 @02:28AM
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> specifically, I'd like a more accessible UI, automatic updates, sensible defaults on all apps, an easier way to get started and so on.
Isn't this kind of what Ubuntu does with the snaps? You just snap install someapp and there it goes. It will helpfully restart to update whenever the developer publishes a new version, etc.
There's an infamous, quite involved debate, over this exact thing with a bunch of people wanting an option to actually disable this behavior and another bunch arguing why that's not a good idea [0].
I guess the issue with servers is that there isn't really a one size fits all, or at the very least it's not easy to figure out what it is. All this combined with the fact that one argument in favor of running Linux is the customizability, I'm not sure all that many people are looking for such a solution.
Isn't this kind of what Ubuntu does with the snaps? You just snap install someapp and there it goes. It will helpfully restart to update whenever the developer publishes a new version, etc.
There's an infamous, quite involved debate, over this exact thing with a bunch of people wanting an option to actually disable this behavior and another bunch arguing why that's not a good idea [0].
I guess the issue with servers is that there isn't really a one size fits all, or at the very least it's not easy to figure out what it is. All this combined with the fact that one argument in favor of running Linux is the customizability, I'm not sure all that many people are looking for such a solution.
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[0] https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/disabling-automatic-refresh-for...