P.S. I'm not an Ubuntu expert, merely an enthusiast. If you need more gritty details, wait for a dev to reply. However, as Ubuntu's packages are based on Debian, most technical details will be identical.
On 6/9/08, Luke L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ubuntu gets its packages for new releases from Debian unstable. > However, the community is large and any bugs are taken care of > promptly, esp. on the server side. > > Hardy, being an LTS release, will receive regular updates and support > for the next 5 years. > > As far as the diff between Deb and Ubuntu AMP packages, well, Ubuntu > will have a later version. Also, Ubuntu's AMP install is very easy to > get up and running. It is toggled at OS install time, or by running > "tasksel" at console. Within minutes you'll have MySQL, PHP, and > apache2 running on your server. > > Of course, tweaking is always as easy as in Debian. > > On 6/9/08, Andrew Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Posted this to Ubuntu-users to start off with, but got redirected here. > > > > > > > > I am interested in deploying Ubuntu as a LAMP machine. I have mostly in the > > past used Debian machines, but some of our web developers want to use a > > higher version of PHP (at least 5.2.4), and Etch comes with an older > > release. > > > > > > > > What is the general stability of the Ubuntu packages such as Apache etc > > like? I took a brief look at the server, and it seems like some of the > > packages are coming from Lenny? What are the differences between the Debian > > and Ubuntu Apache/PHP/MySQL packages? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Andrew. > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-server mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > > > > > -- > Luke L. > -- Luke L. -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
