back to Ubuntu 8.04

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Michael Hipp <Michael at hipp.com> wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>
> I stick a CD in the drive and click thru the (always unique) setup for the
> particular box I'm installing.
>
> About a dozen. Not counting VMs that come and go for various temporary uses.

You really have 12 vastly different servers with no packages in common?



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