back to Ubuntu 8.04

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Michael Hipp <Michael at hipp.com> wrote:
> Bob Hemus wrote:
>>
>> You folks know I tried another Linux OS, but I'm back to Ubuntu 8.04.
>> I've read that it has shortcomings in the server distro, but for a
>> desktop jocky it's a good choice.
>
> It works great as a server distro. I have 6.06 LTS and 8.04 LTS boxes
> scattered hither and yon. They run.
>
> The Ubuntu/Canonical server developers in the official mailing list have no
> trouble pointing out that Ubuntu server does not yet have the full
> complement of tools and such to be truly Enterprise ready (in the same way
> as, say, RHEL or SLES). But it's getting there.
>
> Despite the axe-grinding you'll occasionally hear on this list, it's an
> excellent choice for almost anyone. And probably the best choice for most -
> if they don't have some reason to know they need something else.

How are you installing Ubuntu 'server', and how many systems are
currently running it?