[OBORONA-SPAM] Ubuntu server package

[Scott Kitterman]

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:31:31 -0500 "Christofer C. Bell" 
<christofer.c.bell at gmail.com> wrote:
>On 7/14/06, Laura Conrad <lconrad at laymusic.org> wrote:
>>
>> I didn't keep track of how many updates, but I agree with that
>> assessment.  The one that surprised me was that openssh-client was
>> installed but not openssh-server, so that I couldn't ssh into the
>> system out-of-the-box.  How do the developers use a server?
>
>Laura, did you install off the Desktop or Server CD?  The Desktop one
>does not install an ssh server (or indeed any network services at all)
>because the target audience (end users, ie; network clients) do not
>need servers of any kind installed[1].  They do, however, need clients
>to access network services (hence the ssh client being installed).
>
>The Desktop CD is aimed at providing an end user productivity desktop
>system, and it does this very well (with office applications, email,
>web browsing, etc).  It's not designed to be a "server" out of the
>box.  This mode is easily added to the system via the package
>management tools, obviously.
>
>[1] http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop
>
The basic server install doesn't include it either.  I agree that this is 
odd.

Scott K