Thanks for your responses. Full blown Debian seems a little scary to me. Multiple DVDs to install? I can't torrent using my satellite ISP and my bandwidth is limited to 16gigs monthly. Also, my internet setup is flaky enough that I would hesitate before doing a network install. The fact that Ubuntu server fits on a single CD iso is a plus for me.
So far, I have this to say in Ubuntu Server's favor: 1). Small install footprint. With Fedora, inevitably I spend too much time in Anaconda trying to figure out "Can I eliminate this? Can I eliminate that?" I've yet to find a kickstart script that works for a minimal Fedora install. The "/" partition of this Ubuntu server, with SBS 7.6 installed weighs in at around 1 gigabyte. My Fedora 12 box is six times as large and, again, I tried to be ruthless in paring things down when I installed that F12 box. 2). No GUI. With all due deference to Pat, again, I spend too much time when setting up a Fedora server tweaking the GUI even though I know it will get used very rarely. No GUI == no frittering. And presumably, installing X and Gnome after the fact is an option with Ubuntu server, should I feel the need to do so. 3). Performance seems comparable to F12. I'm pushing a fair number of bytes over the network at a samba share I've set up on the Ubuntu server. Those bytes are ending up on a ntfs-3g mounted disk. Even though this Ubuntu server is on lower capacity hardware (itx atom board) vs my "production" F12 box (itx Core2Duo board) the network xfer to the Ubuntu box is slightly faster. Cons (so far): 1). Firewall not enabled out-of-the-box. Looks like I'm going to have to learn about both UFW and AppArmor. Lack of the firewall probably explains the faster network transfer times. -- gharris999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79161 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
