Re: [ubuntu-uk] Server OS Suggestion

2008-08-11 Thread Dave Walker
Chris Rowson wrote: > Hi people, > > I've been wrestling with this question for a while now, and although > product suggestion is probably going to be skewed here, I'm really > interested in what you have to say. > > I need to choose a server operating system to run LAMP intranet web > services wit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Server OS Suggestion

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Oakley
Chris Rowson wrote: > I've pretty much narrowed the selection down to CentOS 5 and Ubuntu Hardy LTS. Unsurprisingly on an Ubuntu list, I'm going to recommend Ubuntu. I've used Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server on five LAMP servers now, and found it much easier to install and much easier to tweak, mainly du

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Server OS Suggestion

2008-08-11 Thread Ian Pascoe
Chris >From other mailing lists people have been having strange problems with the latest release of SentOs - nothing consistant but may be worth looking at before taking the plunge. Have you thought about how the servers will be administered/backed up? Are those programs in the Ubuntu repos? If

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Server OS Suggestion

2008-08-11 Thread Andy Loughran
Chris Rowson wrote: > Hi people, > > I've been wrestling with this question for a while now, and although > product suggestion is probably going to be skewed here, I'm really > interested in what you have to say. > > I need to choose a server operating system to run LAMP intranet web > services wit

[ubuntu-uk] Server OS Suggestion

2008-08-11 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi people, I've been wrestling with this question for a while now, and although product suggestion is probably going to be skewed here, I'm really interested in what you have to say. I need to choose a server operating system to run LAMP intranet web services with little maintenance and at high r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows interface (was: Bug Day)

2008-08-11 Thread michael
> my name is raj, ive just installed ubuntu, and when i reboot it keeps > going to (like a dos prompt command), how come?i was hoping it wouldve > gone to dekstops like windows interface, can you help, its got me stressed > out. Hi Raj What you refer to as a "windows interface" we would call a nu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-08-11 Thread rajinder chopra
hiya mate, my name is raj, ive just installed ubuntu, and when i reboot it keeps going to (like a dos prompt command), how come?i was hoping it wouldve gone to dekstops like windows interface, can you help, its got me stressed out. thanks raj pclabsmidltdyahoo.co.uk ___