There's a nice tutorial on setting up server with Ubuntu at www.nettuts.com
Ubuntu is used as server on many high performance bases. And the configuration/settings are not as hard as in Red Hat. RHEL have to be licensed but Ubuntu is free. On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:04 PM, ~Split_Fire~ <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear community, > > I think it would be convenient to first introduce myself here as a novice > user in linux. Considering this circumstances, recently I 've decided to > (or > dared to) setup an ubuntu server with a domain. Below are the points that I > need to know first, and if you would like to guide me, please be precise as > much as possible as I am a new bee in Linux :-) > > 1. In case of a stable server, which version would be the best to consider? > Ubuntu or RedHat? Though it may sound as an off-topic to ask about RedHat > in > ubuntu forum, but I would like to have your unbiased suggestion. > > 2. Since the online repositories of an Ubuntu distro sustains for a certain > period of time, after that, will there be any problem to run the server? Or > do I 've to install or update to the latest version in that case? However, > I > will have one ubuntu server and around 30 clients. > > 3. As I mentioned the server will be a domain, where all user's profiles > will reside. Where and how I can get to know more about this? If possible, > kindly forward me necessary links or docs. > > 4. In fedora, there is a 'kickstart' command to install fedora OS with all > required packages from server image. Is it, or something similar to this, > can be implemented in ubuntu? If so, please also forward me those 'how to's > (links or docs). > > While is a new bee, configuring a server from scratch just by asking GOOGLE > would be a cumbersome process. That's why; I would like to seek some > initial > idea/help from this forum. I should apologize in advance if my questions > seem like foolish. Any hints/suggestion will highly be appreciated. It > would > be a great help indeed! > > Thanks. > -- > Ubuntu Bangladesh | http://ubuntu-bd.org > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd > -- Ubuntu Bangladesh | http://ubuntu-bd.org [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
