Choosing a distribution

[Chris G]

On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 08:59:41PM +0100, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 19:40 +0000, Chris G wrote: 
> > So what does Ubuntu Server give me (or lose me) that the other Ubuntus
> > don't?
> 
> http://www.google.de/search?q=ubuntu+server
> 
> See esp. the 3rd hit, Ubuntu Server guide.
> 
I had already found that directly from the main Ubuntu site, it
doesn't say much though does it?!  All it says is that you get a LAMP
system, which is good, but I was hoping for a bit more detail
somewhere that would tell me the major differences (and similarities)
between the various Ubuntus.


> > There is, once you've become root you can issue lots of commands as
> > root rather than prefixing everything you do with sudo.
> 
> There is sudo -i and sudo -s, but please see
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo as I will not be available
> 24/7 if you wreck your system ;)
> 
I've not done anything totally catastrophic yet!  :-)


> > I guess it's just habit, having been a Unix user since the 1980s I
> > find the 'old fashioned' way of becoming root more comfortable.  :-)
> 
> I thought everyone using Unix since the eighties has at least once
> bungled a command line and wrecked his system by needlessly running as
> root. I know I have.
> 
Ah but I don't believe sudo or any of the other 'safe' ways of doing
things really protect you.

It's like the wonderful alias of rm to "rm -i" that so many systems
impose on you by default.  After a little while people start hitting
'y' after doing the 'rm' so automatically that it offers no protection
at all.

I prefer to have that # at the end of the prompt telling me to be
careful!

-- 
Chris Green