Selecting Ubuntu as a Linux Server

Posted by mweber on Apr 30, 2008 8:29 AM EDT
beginlinux.wordpress.com; By Mike Weber
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The interest in the Ubuntu Server is directly related to the interest in the Ubuntu Desktop. How does this impact the deployment and use of the Ubuntu Server?

As a Linux Trainer, I have access to as many as 75 different students each week. These students are typically IT people from small organizations who have a Windows administration background and now since their company sees the cost savings of Linux are moving to Linux Servers. A typical pattern that I see is people who have a GUI preference, little understanding of the Linux OS in general and want a fast easy path to managing a Linux Server. The other typical aspect of these users is that they have a Linux laptop loaded with, yep you guessed it, Ubuntu. Easily 75% use Ubuntu as a Desktop experiment.

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