Re: [SLUG] ubuntu server

2007-03-23 Thread Andrew Swinn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi The only way that I've been able to install ubuntu on my pentium-m laptop is this bizare sequence: This lappy installs SuSE 10.2 without any fuss, and as a server seems to run perfectly (with the hand-crafted generic kernel, the server kernel gives a register dump

RE: [SLUG] ubuntu server

2007-03-25 Thread Visser, Martin
To convert a Ubuntu server to desktop, I am pretty sure the all you need is to "apt-get install ubuntu-desktop" which will add the virtual package (and all its dependencies. It sounds like your video chipset is causing you grief with the liveCD. In cases like this, I always use the "alternate" CD

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu Server LTS

2009-11-03 Thread david
I'm using Ubuntu Hardy on servers (one mail, one web/database/dns of mine, plus one fileserver run by my son-in-law) and we have not found the need to upgrade. I'm waiting for the next LTS. I don't think this is viable on desktop but on server I think it's more than desirable. If it ain't broke

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu Server LTS

2009-11-03 Thread Jeremy Visser
On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 21:40 +1100, david wrote: > A little bird told me that the latest Ubuntu does ext4 by default (is > this so? should you care?) so that may be a factor for you. Changing > filesystems is probably something you would rather avoid. An upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (ext3) to Ubunt

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu Server LTS

2009-11-03 Thread Jake Anderson
Steven Tucker wrote: Hi all, I will soon be replacing a Windows 2003 server in a small business with some Linux variant. Traditionally I have used Debian or Centos, I have been wary of using Ubuntu (whether justified or not, I was not confident with it on a server). Im now slowly being won o

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu Server LTS

2009-11-03 Thread Steven Tucker
Steven Tucker wrote: My question is .. the next LTS version is 10.04, but my deployment will likely be in January. What do people think the best course of action is? install 9.04 and upgrade That was suppose to be 9.10, latest version, then upgrade to 10.04 Tuxta -- SLUG - Sydney Linux U

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu Server LTS

2009-11-03 Thread jam
On Tuesday 03 November 2009 20:49:58 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: > I will soon be replacing a Windows 2003 server in a small business with > some Linux variant. Traditionally I have used Debian or Centos, I have been > wary of using Ubuntu (whether justified or not, I was not confident with it

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu Server LTS

2009-11-04 Thread Amos Shapira
2009/11/3 Steven Tucker : > Hi all, > > I will soon be replacing a Windows 2003 server in a small business with some > Linux variant. Traditionally I have used Debian or Centos, I have been wary > of using Ubuntu (whether justified or not, I was not confident with it on a > server). > > Im now s

Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu-Server doesn't install SSH server by default

2006-05-11 Thread Michael Fox
On 5/12/06, Martin Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: just a heads up for anyone installing ubuntu-server, SSH server is not installed by default. Ahuh.. Further more the mysql-server package also only listens to localhost by default too, and you have to modify the bind-address line in /etc/mysq