Review: Ubuntu Server Edition (6.06)
The release of Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake), back in June, brought not only a new desktop system to the Linux world, but also a server system with long-term commercial support. It has one key advantage over similar offerings from Redhat and Novell; the flexibility of the Debian dpkg packaging system.
This was of particular interest to me, as a system administrator who generally installs Debian, if given a choice. One of the annoying problems with Debian has been its potentially short support lifespan; essentially as long as it takes to get two more releases out. Admittedly this hasn't been a real problem, to date, but not having firm dates has been an issue in some environments in which I've worked.
Another was its perceived lack of commercial support, which often made it very difficult to bring into a corporate environment. While I've worked in situations where I had complete authority to use whatever OS I chose, I've also been in workplaces where it has been made clear that Debian simply would not be used, due to the lack of a commercial organisation providing security support.
Ubuntu's server release solves both of these problems, so I installed a copy to see how it held up.
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I have problems with Ubuntu Server
I also installed this at work. I tried to get mod_ntlm support with apache...but wasn't able to get it to compile. I had to manually edit the makefile and came VERY close, but never got it to compile. Without mod_ntlm support, it's worthless to me. Any distro that can't compile that module is worthless to me. So I had to remain a CentOS 4.3 shop for now.
I was hoping I could get it to work since I'm a huge Debian fan and a server optimized version of debian that would require less work from me to config would be fantastic. But without mod_ntlm, I can't get web applications to authenticate against AD in a Windows environment so out the window it goes.
Too bad
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No really a problem
Not being able to use the mod_ntlm AD hook probably doesn't effect the majority of the people/shops that Ubuntu Server is targeted to.
Acutally, Ubuntu is
Acutally, Ubuntu is targeting business...which is why I downloaded it and tried to use it in the first place.
I've also been accused of not being able to compile something in Linux (laughable...I've been using it since 1995 when you had to compile just about everything) so let's put that out the door right away. Bottom line, Ubuntu is targeting businesses with this and if mod_ntlm to authenticate in a Windows 2003 environment isn't there...they're not going to stop and figure it out, they're going to drop it like its hot and fire up a IIS server. How do I know that? Because it happened to me.
I put all my eggs into the Ubuntu Basket and when it failed, they didn't give me a second chance. They moved to IIS and called it good. Even when I got the CentOS 4.3 server up and running and had mod_ntlm compiled, they still kept the IIS server. Ubuntu really kicked me in the coolies on that one.
I'd have to say you're totally wrong on this comment. Afterall, this is their first long term support release AND everyone should know it was targeted at businesses...not home users like the desktop was/is.
Just read the information that's posted on it. Think about why they moved to support SPARC on this also. How many home users have a Sun Server? http://www.ubuntu.com/server
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