pleas i don't want to get email from u again. i appresat the offer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 thank you!!!!!!!!!!!! <div>On 11/5/07, Chris G <<a href="mailto:cl@isbd.net">cl@isbd.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 05:40:53PM +0000, Tony Arnold wrote: > Chris, > > Chris G wrote: > > I have been using Linux for many years, for the past two or three > > years I have been using Slackware but recently have been looking for > > something that's a bit easier to maintain and update. > > > > I've been using Fedora 7 for the past month or two and it provides > > some of what I need but also has some disadvantages. So, I'm thinking > > about an Ubuntu distribution but would like to ask a few questions:- > > > > I need an apache server, an ssh server and (probably) mySql. Does > > this mean I *have* to go for Ubuntu Server? > > No, all of the above will run on the Ubnuntu desktop systems. I run > Apache and an ssh server on my desktop system. > So what does Ubuntu Server give me (or lose me) that the other Ubuntus don't? > > I don't use KDE, Gnome or Xfce (I did run Xfce for a while) but > > fvwm2, is this easy to do on Ubuntu? > > I've never tried this, but I suspect that after installing fvwm2, you > would just select the type of session you want from the log in screen. > OK, that's the usual way of doing it, I just wante to make sure I wasn't locked into a particular window mananger. > > I run Vmware to run a Windows XP guest, will this sit in Ubuntu > > Server quite happily? > > Yes. VMware server is probably what you want. > > > Does Ubuntu force me to use sudo or can I (as I do now) just > > switch to root on the command line using 'su' and do root'ey > > things that way? > > There is no difference between doing su and supplying the root password > and type sudo -i and supplying your own password, so I've never > understood the big deal that is made of this. > There is, once you've become root you can issue lots of commands as root rather than prefixing everything you do with sudo. > By default, Ubuntu uses sudo and the root account is effectively > disabled. You can set a root password which will enable it if you really > want to and then use su. > > Personally, I prefer the sudo way. > I guess it's just habit, having been a Unix user since the 1980s I find the 'old fashioned' way of becoming root more comfortable. :-) -- Chris Green -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com </a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>