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OSSblog.it: Interview with the Team Leader of the Ubuntu Server Project

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 6, 2006

Why an Ubuntu server version?

Fabio Massimo Di Nitto: There’s much confusion
about it, and many rumors that don’t have much to do with the
reality of Ubuntu ‘Server.’ The first thing of note is that all
Ubuntu-offered software comes from one repository. There
are no desktop and server-specific repositories.
For
example, the desktop and server version share the installer. A
point worthy of note is that all packages present on the Ubuntu
server CD were already supported by us in previous Ubuntu versions
(or almost all, if I remember correctly)…”


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