[Ubuntu Chicago] Server distro

[Jim Campbell]

You can run the server kernel as a desktop, but the server kernel doesn't
include some desktop-specific modules . . .  They assume that you wouldn't
run a server via wifi, so the server kernel doesn't include wireless drivers
and stuff like that.

Jim

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Tim Burke <tb at tim-burke.net> wrote:

>  Server edition can run a GUI if you wanted it to. The desktop version can
> run server applications. Basically no difference, except for how they’re
> packaged, afaik. The server edition contains most server-related packages
> (you’d have to download anything for a GUI), while the desktop version
> contains most desktop-related packages (anything server related would have
> to be downloaded).
>
>
>
> *From:* ubuntu-us-chicago-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:
> ubuntu-us-chicago-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] *On Behalf Of *montel deonte
> edwards
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:54 PM
> *To:* Ubuntu Chicago Local Community Team Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [Ubuntu Chicago] Server distro
>
>
>
> Michael is right. They are newer. And you cannot compare the support of
> Ubuntu to Debian.
> IIRC the only think that is different in Server Edition to Desktop is that
> Server edition has no GUI and includes some server applications that you can
> install in ubuntu desktop edition. I have tried it before and I dont see the
> difference.
>
> On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Michael McCune <mjmccune at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> The primary difference is that the programs in Ubuntu are much newer
> than Debian.
>
>
> Alex Conrey wrote:
> > I need a bit of help here. Since ubuntu is based from debian, what is
> > the benefits of ubuntu server over debian?
> >
> > Sent from my iPod with some hy telp.
> >
> >
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