The best Server

[debian]

On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 18:20 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
> Markus Schönhaber wrote:
> > Karl Larsen wrote:
> >
> >   
> >>     The basic conversion takes place in a terminal window. There type $ 
> >> sudo init 1 and when you give your password the computer drops to a 
> >> Server mode.
> >>     
> >
> > Nonsense. (tel)init 1 brings the system down into single user mode, not
> > "server mode" (whatever that is supposed to be). This is definitely not
> > a way to run a server.
> >
> > If you don't want X running - stop it.
> >
> > If you want a server - use an Ubuntu server distribution. Which, by
> > default, installs a different set of applications than the desktop
> > version does. Among them a kernel which is configured slightly different
> > than the -generic kernel the desktop version installs by default.
> >   
>     That is not the case. The kernel with a number that comes with the 
> server is identical to the one used by the desktop. The difference is 
> the number of things used by the kernel. In a server you may have less 
> called. But you can do this with the desktop if you find it helps.
> 
> Karl
> 
> > If you really think you must run GUI apps on a server - install the
> > appropriate packages, or maybe even (k)ubuntu-desktop (but I don't have
> > the slightest idea why one could want that).
> >
> > Regards
> >   mks

Hey guess what? I ran sudo init 1 and it dropped me to a _Recovery
Console_ (im running ubuntu 8.04 desktop). There is a difference between
recovery and regular console i hope you know that. Issuing this command
would not do any good on a server

--cj
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> 	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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