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02-24-2006, 09:24 AM
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Hi,
I have been using Ubuntu (and it's KDE equivalent Kubuntu) for the last 7 months, and as a desktop Linux it appears to be very good (stable, regular (6 month) update cycle, lots of apps available via repositories).
When you install Ubuntu you are given the option of a "server" install, which is just a basic install without any GUI or other apps. You can then hand-pick which GUI (if any) and which apps you want to install. I have used this method to install it on a very basic (P1 233) laptop, so I could configure it exactly as I wanted.
It might be worth a try, if you have a spare drive floating around to test it on...
Daniel
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03-01-2006, 01:03 PM
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Though there is a server option i wouldnt reccomend it i dont speak from experience but one of my friends tried and said it wasnt all that great and told me not to try it.
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03-01-2006, 09:53 PM
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But what were his reasons for not thinking its great?
If you dont know how to use it I can imagine it wouldn't be great, but I have heard of people using it for servers without an issue.
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03-01-2006, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ScoobyDan
Hi,
I have been using Ubuntu (and it's KDE equivalent Kubuntu) for the last 7 months, and as a desktop Linux it appears to be very good (stable, regular (6 month) update cycle, lots of apps available via repositories).
When you install Ubuntu you are given the option of a "server" install, which is just a basic install without any GUI or other apps. You can then hand-pick which GUI (if any) and which apps you want to install. I have used this method to install it on a very basic (P1 233) laptop, so I could configure it exactly as I wanted.
It might be worth a try, if you have a spare drive floating around to test it on...
Daniel
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Great!
Nice to see a review based on experience.
So it is possible. Im looking forward to trying this now.
Thanks ScoobyDan.
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Last edited by James72; 01-21-2011 at 08:31 PM.
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03-03-2006, 12:13 AM
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Ubuntu and a load of apps were on last months PCFormat, which I have lying around somewhere, if it's as stable and ok for server as you say I might just load it up to give it a whirl, cheers.
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