On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Pablo Manalastas <[email protected]> wrote: > > I want to install on my laptop an Ubuntu distro that I will use for > day-to-day development. Activities include programming in C or Java, and web > site development using Perl/PHP. Which one of the following two alternatives > should I install? > > 1. Ubuntu desktop + build utilities + Apache/PHP > > 2. Ubuntu server + GNOME + build utilities + Apache/PHP > > In simple language, I want to know if "Ubuntu server + GNOME" is better for > development than "Ubuntu desktop". Thanks for any suggestion.
Hi, Only benefit I see of Ubuntu server + GNOME is less disk space requirements since you can pick the specific packages to add. Besides that, it's just extra work, I think. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
