Annvix:User Guide/Introduction/Out of the Box
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What you can and can't do with Annvix "as-is"
Annvix is a very simple operating system that offers a lot of functionality "out-of-the-box". Here are a few things you can do with Annvix right after the installation, provided you install the appropriate (supplied) packages:
- Run a full dynamic (LAMP) web server: Apache, PHP, Perl, MySQL, PostgreSQL
- Run a full email server: Exim, Postfix, ClamAV, SpamAssassin, Procmail
- Run a firewall: Shorewall
- Run a file and print server: Samba, NFS, CUPS
- Use security-related hardening tools: AppArmor, rsec, AIDE
- Use RAID and LVM: mdadm, lvm2
Here are a few things you cannot do with Annvix:
- Run an X11 server or any X11-requiring applications
- Use it as a desktop system
Annvix's specific purpose is for a hardened server operating system. As such it is not suitable for a desktop system (unless that desktop system is 100% CLI). It was designed to be light-weight, flexible, and secure.
