ubuntu server

[Mark Haney]

Michael Varre wrote:
> I've recently turned a whole bunch of my production FreeBSD servers into
> ubuntu systems over the past couple months.  From the standpoint of
> administration and manageability they all get two thumbs up.  The jury is
> still out from a security perspective however.  That is not to say I've had
> any problems with security on these systems, however in my case it is simply
> unproven (in my environment, with my applications).  I ran FreeBSD
> successfully for several years with minimal issues and time will be the true
> test for these ubuntu systems. I still have a few more to go and I dont
> expect any issues.
> 
> 4 BIND9 servers
> 6 LAMP type systems
> A few MySQL servers
> A couple others with custom applications
> A bunch of development servers
> 
> So far so good :)
> 
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:43 PM, James R. Jones <bnjrj at uaf.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> Since I have been very pleased with ubuntu 8.04 on the workstation I was
>> thinking of replacing a test system that is currently running an old version
>> of redhat server with ubuntu server.   I was wondering if people think that
>> ubuntu server is ready for prime time use and is anyone using it in a
>> production environment and thoughts that they may have.
>>
>> jim
>>


As far as I'm concerned the only difference between a linux /server/ 
version and a linux /desktop/ version (of /any/ distro) is that most of 
the multimedia, desktop applications aren't included in the server 
version.  That has been the case with RHEL, Ubuntu, Suse, etc.  Unless 
it's an 'Enterprise', pay for version, the packages will be same.  The 
Enterprise versions that you typically pay for (like RHEL) the packages 
are hardened to the gills and are usually several revs back from the 
latest version.

So, for all practical purposes a desktop version /is/ a sever version + 
'insert desktop apps here'.



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