[ILUG] Ubuntu rocks.

[Liam Bedford]

Gareth Eason wrote:
> 
>     Just installed my first Ubuntu box last night - server install on a
> headless box that was already running redhat with / on a RAID partition.
> (Ubuntu Array 7 Hoary Hedgehog Pre-Release)
> 
>     After I figured out the rather counter-intuitive disk partitioning
> thing, it all fell into place and I didn't even have to set up the
> raidset again - and was more than happy to install on top of it. Damn
> good stuff!
> 
>     The server install is quoted as a 'minimalist' install - which is
> blatantly is not, installing hotplug and associated chuff on my box for
> one thing, but I wasn't overly pushed about this as Ubuntu is a desktop
> oriented distro and the server setup is a new thing. I expect it to get
> better with time.
> 
And for comparison purposes, minimalist CentOS 4 install:
656M

including such important apps for servers as:
bluez-hcidump-1.11-1
bluez-utils-2.10-2.1
bluez-libs-2.10-2
bluez-bluefw-1.0-6
NetworkManager-0.3.1-3
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.1-23.EL
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.1-23.EL
desktop-file-utils-0.9-2

ubuntu seems to be a perfectly good start for a server for me (though
the 6 month upgrade cycle might put me off. But if you're going to
consider FC for a server, ubuntu would seem to be better in almost all
areas. Not biased at all. me.. never).

L.