Hi All,

I've been runing ubuntu as a desktop workstation and am having a great experience. I notice here and there though, people refering to ubuntu as "primarily just for desktop use." I'm not quite sure why this would be so. The implication is that if you want a server, go debian (but ubuntu is based on debian), fedora core or slackware. Can anyone help me to better understand this?

thanks,

ab

I think generally the reason for recommending Debian on the server is that it has a reputation for being thoroughly tested and rock solid stable. There is a much more rigorous package testing procedure before any stable release of debian is made, and only packages that work seamlessly on all 11+ debian architectures make it into stable. Which of course, also makes Debian get outdated a little quickly since no new packages are introduced until the next stable release, only security updates.

I would say that if it's a home dink around server, anything is fine. But if you're doing a production server that absolutely always has to run flawlessly, chances are you want something like Debian, slack, or a BSD... (Not that I'm an expert, just a hobbiest...)

Most people say that due to how hefty the distro is. I used mandriva for a while back and I thought it was great but I would not install it as a server per it installed way to many packages. Currently I am using Ubuntu on a server and I originally thought it was only good for desktops but it is proving my wrong so far. I have installed a Netfinity 5000.

I am also using freebsd on a lab computer at work and man does it fly but as a desktop I would not use it. I guess what I am trying to say in this rant is after you play with a distro for a while you can sort of get a feel for how and what it should be used for.

Ubuntu plans to officially release Dapper Drake 6.06 on the first of June, which is this thursday. So you can download their server edition then, which will be supported for 5 years.

So they are acutally going to seperate the editions. I think that is a pretty good. Where did you hear about this from.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerFaq?hi...t=%28server%29
and a search on Ununtu's wiki found:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases?act...esearch=Titles