Hey all, If you don't know by now, and I'm not sure why you haven't, this year I switched from Fedora to Ubuntu on every box that I use in my house.
Ubuntu as a server is weaker than the desktop. I still believe at this point that fedora makes a better server than Ubuntu -- as long as you stick to the fedora repo. Having said that, I'm maintaining an Ubuntu server and two desktops in my house. [EMAIL PROTECTED] goes directly to it. And there are a few inconveniences still. Spamassassin wouldn't start by default, and there's no built-in facility afaik to handle iptables scripts. Some things don't start unless you edit the /etc/default/something file to enable it. Oh and if you're not paying attention when you upgrade a package with something you modified in /etc/default/something it can break on the next reboot. rc scripts that start up using bashisms won't work under dash... All in all yes, ubuntu can be made to work as a server, but in some sense it's almost better to take something that's meant to be a server such as CentOS, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Gentoo, RHEL, SLES, etc. Or better yet, as Vern just stated before, simply use Debian which was what Ubuntu was originally a fork of. --R On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 21:49 -0400, ChasJTurner wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
