And why or how is Ubuntu server different from any other linux server to make it that way?<div><br></div><div>I use ubuntu on the desktop and am quite satisfied with it. I used to use RedHat/Fedora and Suse/OpenSuse, until I ran into some unresolvable cyclical package requirements a number of time (when you want program A which makes you first get program B, which in turn requires Program A - or a similar variation with A, B and C. It was possible to bypass that by forcing installs, and by writing all the packages on one line, and other such kludges, but every package with the problem (the problem were with YAST and RPM) had to be researched first. I got disgusted, tried ubuntu and stuck with it, so far without similar problems.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I decided to use their server 'product' because I felt comfortable with the main distro, and again, have not had any problems to date - have not been rooted, owned or anything. Not that it can't happen, but I am sure it is the same with any other distro.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If I am missing something, please advise - and suggest a better server product with an argument why it is better. I am talking a generic server - ssh, ftp, httpd, nothing unique at this point.</div><div>
<br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Z.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:10 PM, geoffrey mendelson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:geoffreymendelson@gmail.com">geoffreymendelson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On Oct 27, 2010, at 8:15 PM, Elazar Leibovich wrote:<br>
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Oron Peled <<a href="mailto:oron@actcom.co.il" target="_blank">oron@actcom.co.il</a>> wrote:<br>
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Hmmm.... you actually did a BadThing(tm) -- totally bypassing the package<br>
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I think his idea was not to have the APT/RPM packages in this system, shaving off some few megabytes.<br>
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One of the tiny linux distros did that by using APT, but not including the package information in the distro itself. You had to download them and install them, possibly with APT. I think it was DSL, but I may be wrong.<br>
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And to answer another posting I can't seem to find, IMHO anyone who uses UBUNTU for anything except an out of the box desktop is as the old saying goes "cruisin' for a brusin'" (asking to be beaten up).<br>
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