All, I use Ubuntu as both workstations and servers in our school district. I think Ubuntu rocks! We use Ubuntu as a server in many different ways:
1. Web server 2. LTSP (Ubuntu 6.06 with LTSP) 3. DHCP Server 4. Email server All of the above have been very stable and reliable on Ubuntu. On top of that, we have an Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure that we have been able to easily integrate it in. -Paul -- Paul VanGundy Director of Information Technology Epping School District P: 603.679.5472 F: 603.679.2966 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #398783 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Krishna Murphy Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 11:57 AM To: Gudmund Areskoug Cc: ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] What distribution should I use? Hey- I'm looking at a situation in W. Africa where I think LTSP might be a good fit for their needs. Ubuntu sounds like a good way to go for desktop stuff - but I've heard concerns about using it as the server. What's the general concensus, if any? -Krishna On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, Gudmund Areskoug wrote: Hi Peter, Father Peter wrote: > SuSE is definitely nice. It rapidly became my favorite distribution, > and has held that pretty firmly. I do have some concerns, though, > that given enough time, Novell might just mess it up beyond all > recognition. So I question its long-term viability. Does anyone else share that concern? not since it went open, no. I did have concerns when there was talk about giving KDE just a back seat position to Gnome, but they seem to be steady about supporting both equally well, which is just how i like it. > It's nice to hear the recommendations about Ubuntu. I think it would > have to be pretty impressive to get me to dump SuSE at this point in > our project, but it might at least give us another option if SuSE does crumble. Some general things I've picked up about Ubuntu: - It seems to play a rather important role in South Africa, not sure how important. One place for hints is schooltool.org, which I'm keeping an eye on for many reasons. - I've heard from old pupils of mine, that it's enjoying a rather popular status amongst many young Swedes. Since they solve their problems via other communication channels and fora than the "established" people and organizations, they go more or less completely below the radar, which results in bewilderment amongst those at the high Swedish Ubuntu download rates. A good sign :). BR, Gudmund _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
