Ubuntu's installer for desktops is simplicity itself. Not only is it easy to use it also comes with a wide range of powerful features.
The development team have now announced the release of a server specific version ie. one without all the "junk" that you need on a desktop machine
The release announcement gives some of the details:
* Includes server-oriented kernels with out-of-the-box automatic support for multiprocessor systems * Includes a wide variety of popular server applications such as apache, mysql, postgresql, php, zope, openldap, bind, samba, all on the single CD, ready for installation * A slim default installation, occupying just 400 megabytes: add only the software you need, for a clean, maintainable configuration. * Provides no desktop environment (GNOME, KDE, etc.) by default * Safe and text-oriented boot mode for better clarity and infinite justice on boot.The announcement does not specify the versions of the particular daemons that come with the distribution, but if you have been following Ubuntu you would know that php4 and php5 is currently available, while apache 1 and 2 are also provided. In terms of security the developers have taken some precautions:
The default installation is secure by design, with no network ports active after installation and access to free security updates activated. Network services are activated only when explicitly installed. As always, it's supported with regular releases, a commitment to security updates for 18 months after each release and professional technical support from many companies around the world.If only this had been available when I installed this server ..........
Well we now have a distro for my Ruby on Rails experiments :)
"afe and text-oriented boot mode for better clarity and infinite justice on boot."
Infinite justice, eh? :)
Ed - A UML would do the job :)
Hostyle - God only knows what that means :)