Hello everyone! I know that Linux GUI advanced in last few years but we still lack some good system configuration tools for advanced users or sysadmins. What utilities you miss on Linux? And is there any normal third party alternatives?

  • ubergeek@lemmy.todayEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    Its far too convoluted. A systemd gui for… DNS? Boot services? User Services? tmp file management? Everything?

    • oldfart@lemm.ee
      2·
      5 days ago

      Everything! And a virt-manager like tool for nspawn! And for the faux-cron jobs! Make it as byzantine as systemd itself

    • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
      31·
      6 days ago

      That’s the point. That systemd is convoluted, so a gui could help. And yes, for everything. :)

      • ubergeek@lemmy.todayEnglish
        4·
        6 days ago

        My point is there is no way to sanely create a GUI for something has it’s tendrils in… Everything. In fact, there’s no sane way to do any sort of UI for such a beast.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        31·
        6 days ago

        Maybe the system should be made less convoluted.

        I mean, do we really need a half dozen network management services, all broken in their own way and none that do everything you need?