Mark Edwards wrote:
At the risk of digressing on this topic, I want to add that I am
actually at this point deciding between FreeBSD for the migration
(i.e. 4.x on an old Gateway to 6.x on a Intel Mac Mini) and Ubuntu.
The idea of moving to Ubuntu is that it might be simpler and less
time-consuming to maintain a package-based system rather than building
so much from source as I end up doing on FreeBSD. And that the fact
it is a GUI-focused distribution might simplify things a bit (the idea
being that Ubuntu has a very set design, less open-ended than FreeBSD,
perhaps easier to upgrade?). The GUI might also help when others who
are less unix-savvy than I have to or want to work with the server.
I considered migrating to OSX on the mini, and I do maintain an OSX
Server machine at work, but I don't like the lack of a port system.
Everything has to be built and fitted in manually, and all monitoring
of updates is also manual labor. Fink has its usefulness for desktop
software, but the server packages are lacking.
For the record, this server runs apache/php/mysql, exim, cyrus-imapd,
proftpd, netatalk, samba, spamassassin, clamav, squirrelmail, mailman,
and DNS. Stuff like that. It has about 20 users, it isn't super busy.
So, how about it? Is the concept of running this off of Ubuntu being
easier than FreeBSD just a pipe-dream? I have messed with Debian and
Ubuntu, but never tried to run a server off of either. I would love
to hear from people who have been down both roads, whether there is
some sense to it, or if I should just stick with FreeBSD.
Thanks for any insight, and thanks for the responses to this thread
thus far...
--
Mark Edwards
Ubuntu has a pretty good package manager system, open the little window,
find the program you want, and it installs it. It's nice, much better
than that RPM stuff. No ports system like freeBSD, but still nice.
The GUI should not be an issue. You should take a look at DesktopBSD
http://www.desktopbsd.net/ which is freeBSD configured for the GUI right
off the install , much nicer on an environment where others may be using
it. Aside from these desktop friendly configurations, it's exactly the
same as any other freeBSD. This is the route I would go if I wanted GUIness.
-John
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