Ubuntu New Server install

[Mihamina Rakotomandimby]

MR wrote:
> Just wondering how many cores Ubuntu server can use.

Many. It depends on the kernel compolation options.

> I have a 4 core system coming and I would like to set
> it up using ubuntu

It should be OK.
mihamina at pbmiha:/boot$ ls config*
config-2.6.22-12-generic  config-2.6.22-14-xen
mihamina at pbmiha:/boot$ grep -n CONFIG_NR_CPUS config-2.6.22-12-generic
2761:CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8

On my generic kernel, it is 8.