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desktop - not server - oriented
desktop - not server - oriented
Posted Oct 21, 2004 16:53 UTC (Thu) by ccyoung (subscriber, #16340)Parent article: Ubuntu Linux and the future of Debian
This is great, but it appears to be focused on the desktop, even to the point of the Terminal Server Client - very cool.
But as far as making this into a server - any thoughts? One thing I remember about UserLinux was to have 3 standard installs: server, desktop, and something? - which seems the right direction.
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desktop - not server - oriented
Posted Oct 22, 2004 2:59 UTC (Fri) by jdub (subscriber, #27) [Link]
Ubuntu is definitely supported as a server OS. If you boot the installer with 'custom', it will install the base system only, letting you get on with your server requirements. There is a big list of server software in our supported list, covering all the most popular things (like BIND, Apache, PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc).
desktop *and* server oriented
Posted Nov 1, 2004 18:56 UTC (Mon) by mdz@debian.org (subscriber, #14112) [Link]
All of the servers used to support the development of Ubuntu run Ubuntu, as do my personal servers.
It's true that some of the distinguishing features in Ubuntu are in the desktop, but this doesn't diminish its applicability to servers. On a server, Ubuntu essentially "feels" like Debian, but with some key differences, such as a shorter, predictable release cycle, a predictable support lifetime and the availability of a commercial support relationship directly with the vendor (Canonical).