server questions

[C M Reinehr]

On Thu 12 May 2011 05:06:50 pm Michael Hipp wrote:
> On 5/12/2011 11:11 AM, C M Reinehr wrote:
> > Ubuntu is based upon Debian but, to my mind, adds too much eye-
> > candy -- fine for a desktop but not for a server.
> 
> You need to look at Ubuntu *server*. The closest thing it has to "eye
> candy" might be some colorful settings for 'screen'. It's command-line
> only. Works great. There's a dedicated user's list for ubuntu-server
> where you can converse with the devs.
> 
> It doesn't have all the heavyweight enterprisey stuff you'd find in
> RHEL, but for most of us it is firmly in the "just works" category.
> 
> Michael

My bad. My (limited) experience has been with desktop installations.

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