setting up ftp and sftp servers

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I have a couple of really old servers.  Each is a Pentium class PC with 
a small hdd, so I only run one service on each.  One is an ftp server 
where I can login to upload files to share with my students that they 
can access via anonymous ftp.  The other is a ssh server where I 
install software such as jdk that they need to do assignments.  They 
login via sftp, write source code, compile and save their work on this 
ssh server.

I just fell heir to 2 quad-core Intel Xeon boxes.  So I would like to 
replace these old servers!  I was looking at Ubuntu's server edition 
but see that its all command line driven, no GUI.  I was wondering how 
complicated it is to add ftp and sftp services to a desktop edition?  I 
could then use it as a teacher station to display my work on the PC 
projector as well.

BTW, see my blog, I just blogged all about Ubuntu and this mailing list!

TIA,
A. Jorge Garcia
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com

Teacher & Professor
Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science
Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College