Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 01:39:31PM +0000, Dave Walker wrote: > >> This was my opinion, until recently when I was advised that non-LTS >> Ubuntu Server should be considered a "technology preview", for the next >> LTS release. This was quite a surprise to myself. >> > > On a related note, can someone tell me officially what defines an > install of Ubuntu Server? I ask because this page: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases > > says that 8.04 LTS has an EOL date in 2011 for desktop or 2013 for > server. > > Assuming I installed it from debootstrap or similar pointing at > hardy repositories, does that make it a server? > > Cheers, > Andy > I'm guessing that things like Firefox, Xorg and other such things that you generally wouldn't have on a server would be supported until 2011, whereas I guess things like bind, openssh-server, samba, mysql and things that you would generally find on a server would be supported until 2013.
Could be wrong though. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
