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

[Andy Smith]

Hi Rob,

On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 05:42:16PM +0000, Rob Beard 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.
> >
> > Assuming I installed it from debootstrap or similar pointing at
> > hardy repositories, does that make it a server?

[...]

> I'm guessing that things like Firefox, Xorg and other such things that 
> you generally wouldn't have on a server would be supported until 2011, 
> whereas I guess things like bind, openssh-server, samba, mysql and 
> things that you would generally find on a server would be supported 
> until 2013.

Sounds logical, but a way to find out what is and isn't supported
would be nice...

Cheers,
Andy
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