I think Ubuntu server would be more appropriate for that http://www.ubuntu.com/business/server/overview http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server/download
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 1:00 AM, Len W. Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > That is correct . Though you are presented with many different options > during installation. For example, you can choose to configure it as a mail > server, or a myth headless media server, or a core LAMP server - which can > end up giving you a complete installation that is only 100 or so megs. > > This is my thought in using this. The standard distro of Ubuntu includes, > aside from the desktop environment, various games, utilities, additional > applications, etc. So, for an OpenSim server, I would not be interested in > it having a desktop environment, or having Thunderbird, Firefox, OpenOffice > or LibreOffice, or any games on there. That is what makes this install > method enticing to me for an opensim configuration since I can explicitly > choose what I need and nothing else is installed. It's probably as close > to Gentoo as Ubuntu will ever get when it comes to selective choice. > > I used this distro recently to create a streaming media server (Tomcat & > Subsonic) that I can connect to using my Android phone. The entire > installation is 183 megs, not including the music I have on it that I > stream. > > > > On 04/01/2012 02:34, Nebadon Izumi wrote: > > I am pretty sure using this Minimal CD installation and setup is exactly > the same as using the full CD/DVD set for installing Ubuntu, here is a > quote from the link you gave > > "The Minimal CD will download packages from online archives at > installation time instead of providing them on the install CD itself." > > the only difference is it downloads the files from a public repository > such as mirrors.kernel.org or something similar instead of installing > them from the DVD media, otherwise its pretty much 100% identical as > installing from the full Ubuntu DVD. > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Len W. Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone! >> >> A short time back I ran across a very nice way to install Ubuntu. I've >> seen some "mini" versions floating around, but this one should be referred >> to as "micro" actually. >> >> It's around 23 megs (the ISO) and it initializes networking and disk >> preparation. Then you decide exactly what you want to include (such as >> LAMP, Kubuntu, Media Server, etc) and it downloads the most current >> versions of applications needed and installs them automagically so your >> Ubuntu box only has exactly what you need and none of the optional "fluff". >> >> Although I have no issues whatsoever setting up Apache, MySQL and OpenSim >> on my Windows 7 machine, I would REALLY like to set everything up on a >> dedicated Ubuntu machine - most preferably a lean and mean virtual machine. >> >> I've had no issues installing any flavor/combo of Ubuntu using this mini >> installer on VMWare, but I'm still unsure about the next step - installing >> and configuring Mono and OpenSim, etc. >> >> I thought maybe (hopefully) one of you wonderful people might investigate >> Ubuntu Mini and possibly write up a "quick and dirty" barebones >> installation guideline for Ubuntu 11.10 & OpenSim 0.7.3.1 (preferably on a >> VMWare virtual machine). >> >> Here's where you can download the mini (micro) Ubuntu iso: >> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD >> >> Thanks for your consideration. I have a static IP here at home that I've >> assigned to a domain name and I've ran my own OpenSim server for a couple >> years on a Windows XP and more recently a Windows 7 virtual machine. I'd >> like to break free of that and use the slimmest possible configuration of >> Ubuntu instead. >> >> Thanks everyone for your time and consideration. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > > > > -- > Michael Emory Cerquoni - Nebadon Izumi @ http://osgrid.org > > -- > > - Len W. Brown > [email protected] > www.lenwbrown.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > -- Michael Emory Cerquoni - Nebadon Izumi @ http://osgrid.org
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