[Eclug] sysv services gui for ubuntu

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  • Laurin lugger at streamlined-dev.com
    Wed Nov 29 12:08:02 EST 2006

     

    We were talking about this a bit before - a nice simple gui for updating
    services that startup in ubuntu.    Something to that has the same
    simplicity as setup/ntsysv in redhat or yast in suse.
    
    It's more "gui" than those - but I think "bum" (Boot Up Manager) is a
    pretty good replacement.   It even has some nice "human readable"
    descriptions of services.   Once installed, it shows up in ubuntu under
    System-Administration-BootUp-Manager
    
    One note though:   the version from the dapper repositories doesn't
    refresh well after applying changes.    It seems this was fixed in a
    newer version that is not yet in the repositories.  I got the newer
    version at:   
        http://www.marzocca.net/linux/bum.html
    (you can see screenshots / docs there too)
    
    Yes, it's GUI...   For non-gui, I use:  sysv-rc-conf, but in this case,
    you need to check all boxes for runlevels 2-5 for a typical service.
    
    Just my 2 cents.
    
    -Laurin
    
    
    
    

     

     

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