[ubuntu-uk] What makes a Server install? (Was Re: Not a good press)

[Andy Smith]

Hi Tony,

On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 05:36:17PM +0000, Tony Travis wrote:
> Andy Smith wrote:
> > [...]
> > On a related note, can someone tell me officially what defines an
> > install of Ubuntu Server?  I ask because this page:
> > 
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
> > 
> > says that 8.04 LTS has an EOL date in 2011 for desktop or 2013 for
> > server.

[...]

> I run Ubuntu 'server' by installing from the 'desktop' CD, followed by:
> 
>    aptitude install ubuntu-server

Will this package need to be installed to maintain support on hardy after
2011?

> The only real difference is the kernel you run and if you want LAMP.
> 
> There is a list of the 'server' packages that will still be supported:
> 
>    http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/dapper/supported.txt

What about for hardy?  How is the above list generated?

Cheers,
Andy
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