JEOS LAMP Server - 8.04LTS or 9.10?

[Karl Larsen]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> WipeOut wrote:
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>> The question is whether to go with 8.04LTS or the newer 9.10 so any 
>> advice would be useful.. For the most part I am setting up a fairly 
>> standard LAMP server..
>>     
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> I would recommend LTS.
>
>   
>> Apart from the advantage of the LTS version being supported for a longer 
>> time with updates what other advantages/disadvantages are there to using 
>> either of these versions as a production server?
>>     
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> Basically, LTS will make things easier to admin, unless you need the
> latest and greatest.
>
>   
>> Is it possible to upgrade from one LTS version to another without having 
>> to cover all the intermediate versions?
>>     
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> Yes.
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>   
>> Where can I check the software package versions included in each of the 
>> different server releases (specifically Apache, PHP and MySQL verions)?
>>     
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> http://packages.ubuntu.com/
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>   
>> When is the next LTS version due for release?
>>     
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> April 2010 (http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/146)
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> Matt Flaschen
>
>   
    I would like to suggest what I use. I have 3 versions of Ubuntu on 
this laptop but they all share the same /home/karl/ directory. In this 
way I have all my "things" going with me on every version. Very nice!