ubuntu server

[Derek Broughton]

Mark Haney wrote:

>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:43 PM, James R. Jones <bnjrj at uaf.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
> 
> 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'.

- and of course, practically, you can assume that since it doesn't have all
that GUI stuff, it's probably more stable.  

I administer a CeNTOS server, that I never cease to wish was Ubuntu...
-- 
derek