Phil,
Ubuntu is running *brillantly* on my new laptop but I would prefer something on the desktop server that has more multimedia capabilities and easy access to useful commercial packages.I need to have apache2, samba, imap, webmin, mysql, subversion, sshd running for work stuff.
The first thing I do after an Ubuntu setup is install EasyUbuntu or Automatix. They allow you to install the stuff that Ubuntu won't package for you. -- Later David Kirk
