Vern Ceder wrote: > Dutch, > > The biggest trick IMHO is adapting to the whole Debian mindset. Managing > Ubuntu servers via SSH is no problem - we do that all the time, but you > need to learn the tools that Debian prefers - things like > update-alternatives, update-rc.d, etc. > > And Ubuntu/Debian servers have their own quirks in regard to the > locations of various files, the default settings of various services - > some things are in odd places, others are disabled by default, even if > it doesn't really make sense, etc. > > But overall, it's not hard as long as you are willing to ferret out and > learn the differences. > > Cheers, > Vern
This sounds like a good topic for a presentation. I am about ready to deploy an ubuntu based mail server, and I am totally lost wrt these issues. Help Mr.Wizard! Are there any good resources out there that get one up to speed on the debian/ubuntu mindset? I started on Mandrake, and once I sorta figured that out, I about ripped my hair out trying to grasp what and where SuSE stuck things. After SuSE pooped on the community, I started switching to (u,ku,edu)buntu. Now, where did all of that stuff go this time???!!! Anyone wanna drink about this when we talk beer on Thursday? charlie > Dutch Rapley wrote: >> So for the past several years I've maintained a CLI only SUSE Linux >> server in production. I don't have much desktop Linux experience, just >> mostly server-side. My new job duties are requiring to relinquish my >> Linux administration duties for the time being. >> >> However, I'm going to use spare time that I have to become more familiar >> with Ubuntu as any Linux server in the future will, more than likely, >> run Ubuntu. Again, from a server perspective, not a desktop perspective. >> After installation, all my Ubuntu boxes will be headless and my >> interface with each machine will only be through SSH. >> >> I was wondering if anyone has any tips and advice they could offer, >> especially since I'm moving from an rpm/Redhat based distro. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dutch >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fwlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org > _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
