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

[Alan Lord (News)]

On 08/11/09 22:07, Tony Travis wrote:
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> No idea: I'm still running 6.06 LTS on some of our servers, and I was
> worried about the recent EOL statement for Dapper on the desktop. I now
> just install the desktop edition from CDROM, then add what I need:
>
> aptitude install linux-server openssh-server
> aptitude install mysql-server apache2 libapache2-mod-php5
> aptitude install nfs-kernel-server

Just FYI, you can install various server applications using the tasksel 
utility.

For example

# sudo tasksel install lamp-server

To see what is available try:

# tasksel --list-tasks

A bog difference between the server and desktop distros is the lack of a 
gui in the server.

Which is no bad thing IMHO. GDM/X11 etc chew up valuable RAM and 
potentially open more ports and possible security holes in your system.

Ideally your server should only be running the services you want to 
serve and nothing more.

The kernel is built differently and IIUC uses a different scheduler more 
appropriate for the tasks it needs to support.

The Landscape management client application is installed by default in 
the more recent server editions.

HTH

Al