Comments for Christians in Open Source

Comment on Christians in Open Source Community by Tom

Tom — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:59:30 +0000

Raoul, I’d b interested in joining as well.
Currently I’m attempting to resurrect the Freely Project http://freelyproject.wordpress.com/ that died out a couple of years ago, but the focus was similar, encouraging the use Linux and Open Source in the Christian community.

Comment on About by Eric Bradshaw

Eric Bradshaw — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:10:46 +0000

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Comment on A Linux Server Distribution For Churches? by keith

keith — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:25:19 +0000

check out untangle at http://www.untangle.com for an opensource server package that has everything in one package already – an easy way to get started for any church.
Virus Blocker
Spam Blocker
Ad Blocker
Attack Blocker
Phish Blocker
Spyware Blocker
Firewall
Routing & QoS
Intrusion Prevention
Protocol Control
OpenVPN
Reports

Comment on Christians in Open Source Community by Julius

Julius — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:01:18 +0000

I would join

Comment on A Linux Server Distribution For Churches? by Julius

Julius — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:09:39 +0000

I would like to see this project come to past. I have been involved in many different departments of the church. I know that it would be a great thing for large and small churches and ministries. I have used Linux for about 5 years and the upfront cost would be great for churches starting out. I am not a programmer but i would be more that willing to be a tester. I am all in lets go.

Comment on A Linux Server Distribution For Churches? by Kevin James

Kevin James — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:53:08 +0000

I think that a church-centric distribution would be great, but it would require an army of volunteers. Linux is a scary unknown to many people and those with little patience to learn it will ignore the fruits to avoid the “hassle”

I know this sounds cynical, but I have seen it many times. Unless the product is polished and simplified when it comes to the applications, many will flee from it.

That being said, administrators would love an comprehensive solution and those with little to no “computer budget”, like my church, would benefit tremendously.

I have renewed my work on my own Church Management software and couple of other open source projects, and would be happy to contribute to this project. Let me know whenyou guys are ready to get started!

Comment on A Linux Server Distribution For Churches? by Jim

Jim — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:20:50 +0000

It could be that we won’t have to “reinvent the wheel.” If I can find a spare DVD drive around here somewhere, I hope to spend time this coming weekend playing with Amahi server (http://www.amahi.org) on a salvaged XP machine (after I wash its sins away by baptizing it in Linux). I don’t yet know enough about the project to know where it’s headed, but in concept it’s the sort of thing that’s being discussed here. Right now Amahi requires Fedora, but they’re making all the right noises about producing an Ubuntu-based version.

Comment on A Linux Server Distribution For Churches? by Chris

Chris — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:17:15 +0000

I’ve thought about this a bit. I don’t think a Christian distribution as such is necessary, but what would be really handy would be complete documentation that even someone who’s not a Linux expert can follow to get a working church server up and going in as short a time as possible, and then allow for typical maintenance tasks like adding users etc.
I’m OS agnostic, and realise that Windows will probably be in use at least somewhere in the church.
Things on my list of server requirements:
1. File server able to operate as Windows domain controller.
2. Mail and calendar server (Lots of people use Outlook so must support this.) Looked at Scalix – free outlook connector up to 10 users, but couldn’t get it working with an internal only domain (Outlook connector worked fine though)
3. Content filtering.
4. Database server for various things eg library database for books/DVDS etc.
5. Backup system.

I’ve used Centos with Webmin for admin for my church, although I’d be happy to look at any distro, as long as the process is simple.

Comment on A Linux Server Distribution For Churches? by Tim

Tim — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:38:29 +0000

Having used Dansguardian and Squid on out network and it proved too much of a pain stopping direct access to the internet and putting in exceptions for software updates.
Have moved to OpenDNS much easier to enforce, monitor and administer.
As it is the network DNS it is difficult to get round.

Comment on A Linux Server Distribution For Churches? by Jack

Jack — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:09:58 +0000

I think this would be great! Especially “a server for church membership management software, church service management software, and any other server-centered software that a Church might find useful.”

I would love to do some testing. I have a little experience with Fedora and currently run Ubuntu on a desktop at home.