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quick ubuntu question

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rasczak

Lifer
i was just wondering, in the inital setup they ask you if you would like to install the base server you type "server". is this basically installing ubuntu from scratch?
 
That is the choice for a base install that is more suited for server use than desktop use. Or if you what to install a base system and install just what you will be useing. Like a different windows manager .... browser .... whaterver. If installing on a min. system this will allow a "light" install.

I regularly use a PIII 733-512MB ram with the default desktop install and it runs well for Internet and email use.


Kwatt

 
It's basically installing nothing but the text console, apt-get, and just a few other of the very bare necessities. From there, you could apt-get your way to a functional desktop system, but I've been pretty pleased with the standard Ubuntu desktop installation.
 
yea i've been tooling around with the desktop install, and now i'm gonna see what i can do with the more advanced install. so basically with the advanced install you are building from the ground up? meaning you have to create all of the directories or will there be some default directories already installaed?
 
No you don't have to create directories. You just have to install any packages you want. It will be missing things like a graphical interface, audio and video players, graphical internet browser, etc. It just lets you start from the bare minimum so you can only install what you need for a server (makes it more secure and faster that way). Say you want to run a web server, then you would do the server install and then "apt-get install httpd" to install Apache web server. At that point you have a fully functional web server but nothing else. If your purpose is to go ahead and have a graphical desktop then you could "apt-get install gnome" and you'll have the gnome desktop but none of the programs (such as the audio and music players). To get the additional programs, after installing gnome you could then apt-get install whatever else you want.

Maybe you should just give it a try and see for yourself.
 
brazen thank you.

you just opened my eyes up to a whole new concept. i've never thought about running a server without any of the extra just you get from say windows. i always thought the audio/video players etc... were jsut natuarlly a part of the system. it never occurred to me that you could run a server with just the webserver application, or the file server with just samba.

thank you. (no sarcasm, true thanks)

🙂
 
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