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Questions tagged [graphical-user-interface]

A Graphical User Interface is a human-computer interface which predominantly uses images to communicate state to the user, and often involves use of a pointing device for receiving input.

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WinSCP alternative for OS X (that supports sudo and without virtualizing WinSCP)

I recently switched from administering my systems using Windows to OS X. I've found really nice alternatives to damn near everything I used previously, however I have not found a nice GUI editor (sometimes VIM just hurts my face for long scripting…
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Is installing a GUI on my CentOS server a good idea?

I have a new dedicated server that I'm going to create a couple of VMs on. OS will be CentOS 6.5, for the host and the VMs. Does the GUI on the host (Gnome etc) give any real benefit when it comes to handling the VMs? Or is it just sucking up…
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Any good PostgreSQL client for linux?

stackoverflow points me "belongs-on-serverfault" on this, so crossposting. I am frustrated of not having a good Linux GUI administration and development tool for PostgreSQL. pgAdmin III is buggy and unusable piece of... hmm, software, compared to…
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Nagios configuration GUI

We've implemented Nagios for services on our network and it is working great. The notifications are nice and the wide range of configuration options are very handy. Up to this point, we've done all of the configuring by hand by modifying the files…
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GUI tools to administer Linux Box

What GUI tools do you advise to improve the usability of Linux for those accustomed to doing system administration the windows-way? Users new to Linux often get confused when they need to configure something: editing a text configuration file may…
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GUI on Ubuntu server?

I'm primarily a developer, but as part of this I'm running an Ubuntu server for a client where he has several small to medium sized websites. Although my main development environment has generally been Windows I'm reasonably familiar with Linux (I…
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Control Panels for Servers without a monitor

What is the best way to manage a server without a monitor? I can deal with consoles, but I still think it may be more convenient to have a GUI where a single click can save much repetitive typing. What I want to know is how do you manage your…
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How to modify IIS role services in Windows Server 2012?

I have a clean Windows Server 2012 installation. I installed the Web Server (IIS) role, and during the process it asked me which Role Services I would like (asp.net, iis6 metabase compatibility, etc.). How do I get back to this screen to add or…
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Best practices for remote GUI access to ubuntu server

I would like to get an overview of available solutions for having a remote GUI access to ubuntu server: -do you recommend installing a basic GUI then administrating over VNC? -is X11 forwarding a good option? ... I know there are similar questions…
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Graphical MySQL tools

Are there any good graphical tools (preferably free) for navigating a MySQL database? I find myself doing a lot of the same SQL queries to look at data in the tables. I would imagine there's a GUI for doing this that makes life easier. Any one…
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Scheduled Tasks w/ GUI issue

Are there issues running Scheduled Tasks in Windows 2003 when the task has a GUI? I have one that worked fine in Windows 2000 but won't run on Windows 2003. Details: I have a .bat job that ran every hour throughout the day on an old Windows 2000…
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Is there a way to fix Cluster-SSH windows positions automatically?

Have you used Cluster-SSH? It's a GUI (frontend) to secure shell (ssh) which function it's to let you write the very same commands to a lot of hosts. If you open a lot of hosts at the same time, cluster-ssh opens a window for each one of them. But…
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How to disable VGA on new server... reversibly?

Strange question here. I have a server with 1GB of RAM, however when booted this shows as 768MB. I've discovered the reason for it – and that is that it has an unboard graphics card which shares memory with main RAM. Running Ubuntu Server, it…
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Software for automating Windows GUI applications

I am looking for software that will allow me to automate some GUI tasks, including clicking on buttons and sending keystrokes to a GUI application running in the foreground. Are there any recommendations? Requirements: Scriptable - I need the…
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Do you prefer to administer servers through a GUI or CLI?

Do you prefer to administer servers through a GUI or CLI? Please state which system OS's you are answering for.
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